THE AEROPLANE.
It Has come—the silence is broken As the sky's grea.t dotaie is crossed, And the realm of air has awaken To the sense of its solitude—lost. It has. come —and the clouds are riven B- the soaringl spirit, of man; To the ibirds of the air is given, A lesson, the power to plan. It is here, with wonderful lightness Man flies across land, sea and sikies ; By the might of his mind and its brightness, He conquers the world —or he dies. But the blue/ of heaven grows faded, And the sulky grey mists are torn ' By a. power which the earth has raided From the shrine of its heights—outworn. For this kingdom of air is glory Is outraged by youth's human power, , And its rast is old and hoary, Whilst man's present grows hour by hour. For man was the greatest creation, And after God's image was made; To bind up the sphere in relation With him who the foundations laid. —A. W. Soutar.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14612, 30 August 1913, Page 3
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168THE AEROPLANE. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14612, 30 August 1913, Page 3
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