HYMN FOR AIRMEN
(By- M.C.D.H. in the London "Times.")
(Set to Music by Sir Hubert Parry.) Lord, guard and guide the men who fly Through tho great spaces of the sky, Bo with thorn traversing the air In darkening storm or sunshino fair. Thou who dost keep with tender might Tho balanced birds in all their flight;. Thou of the tempered winds be near, That, having Thoe, they know no fear. Control their minds, with instinct fit "What time, adventuring, they quit The firm security of land:
Grant steadfast eye ami skilful hand. Aloft in solitudes of space ' Uphold them with Thy saving Grace. 0 God, protect the men who fly CThxough lonely ways beneath ths pka
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2407, 12 March 1915, Page 5
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117HYMN FOR AIRMEN Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2407, 12 March 1915, Page 5
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