THE PIONEER OF THE AIR.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17756, 17 September 1927, Page 9

THE PIONEER OF THE AIR.

EE I’m the buoyant, agile and free == = Final craft of the Powers that Be; EES ~ And I swoop and I swerve, == SEE And I circle and curve— EES = I’m the ship of the Uppermost Sea. == EE With my white sails outspread, and my prow EE ~ Pointing high o’er the luminous brow == Of the cloud mountains, I EE EES Cleave my way through the sky; EE == I’m the marvel of Nineteen-and-now. == EE AA’ings—to keep time to the breeze as it sings EE: zzz Songs of adventure and quest: EE Tail—to disport with the tempest or gale— SS ES Ho, for the East and the West! sss EES I’m the sum of the deeds Man has done, EE I’m the substance of victories won; == EE The vague dream of the vast EE Many centuries past— == EE And the fact of the one now begun EE: And the sunshiny air-billows, whirled == EE Right and left by my swift keel and curled =E EE Into vaporous spray, EE EE: One by one fall away == EE O’er the farthermost rim of the world. ES E~ Wings—to give hail to the breeze as it brings EE SSS Word of wet weather or drought: srr Tail—to wigwag to the tempest or gale— sr: ss: Ho, for the North and the South! E”E I’m the scion of races outworn, EE as I’m the sire of great peoples unborn; s=s EE And my scintillant wake =E SS Is the path Man must take— EE EE As he travels from midnight to morn. ==: EE For my white sails outspread, and my prow |E= EE Pointing high o’er the luminous brow ss; EE Of the cloud mountains steep, =E EES' Find a way through the deep; EE £=■’ I’m the marvel of Nineteen-and-now. =E AVings—to give heed to the breeze as it brings rss Promise of worst or of best: ss; Tail—to take care of the tempest or gale—- ~ Ho, for the East and the AVest! EE; EE —James Bale Naylor in “The Week” (U.S.A.) EE Mllil!li!ll!l!lll!l!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillillllllllllllilllllliy