18th CENTURY PROPHECY.
The time will come when thou shalt . lift thine eyes ' y » To watch a long drawn battle in the skys f - While aged peasants, too amazed for ." words t ‘ Stare at the flying fleets, of wondrous birds. England, so long the mistress of the sea, ‘ Where wind- and rain confess her sovereignty. ' \ /. x Her aricient triumphs yet z on high . ■ shalt bear, ‘ ‘ y And reign, the sovereign of the air. (translated from Luna Habitabilis ’, Cambridge, 1737.) ; / ; ' Submitted to the Editorial Committee by Cadet N. Harper.
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ATC Observer, Volume 1, Issue 7, 1 April 1943, Page 15
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8818th CENTURY PROPHECY. ATC Observer, Volume 1, Issue 7, 1 April 1943, Page 15
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