Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEROES OF THE AIR, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: Here or there in highest heaven
Last Line: Noble heroes of the air!
Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators


Here or There in highest heaven,
Dead or living, Here or There,
Evermore shall praise be given
To our Heroes of the Air.

Through the clouds' portentous portal
They have turned their daring helms;
They are pioneers immortal
Of the ether's golden realms.

They are masterful explorers
Of the regions fine and far;
They are undismayed adorers
Of the future's gleaming star.

Dead, they lead the nation onward;
Still in chariots of fire
Upward, cloudward, ever sunward
Those heroic hearts aspire.

As we heed them, as we follow
Through the new and shining deep,
With the wheelings of the swallow,
With the eagle's climbing sweep,

Still we hear their voices call us,
In their spirit still we dare,
Heedless if their death befall us, --
Noble Heroes of the Air!





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