Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AIRPLANE IN STORMY PASS, by CORNELIA DODDS


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AIRPLANE IN STORMY PASS, by                    
First Line: The wind is tearing through the pass tonight
Last Line: The guiding light of christ will never fail.
Subject(s): Air Travel; Faith; Belief; Creed


The wind is tearing through the Pass tonight,
And we who strive to keep a God-ward course
Can hear an airplane laboring in flight
Against a tempest's equinoctial force.
Like us, the aviator longs for rest.
Below him floats a moonlit drift of cloud
In soft allure. It hides a granite crest
And, if he yielded, would become his shroud.
Endure, O Soul! The airman's strength is gone,
And wings are weighted by the icy blast.
But now he sees the beacon! Struggling on
Through dark to light, he gains the field at last.
Though clouds may tempt to ruin, storms assail,
The guiding Light of Christ will never fail.





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