Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DYING AIRMAN, by ANONYMOUS


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THE DYING AIRMAN, by                    
First Line: A handsome young airman lay dying
Last Line: "take the cam-shaft from out of my backbone, / and assemble the engine again"
Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators


A handsome young airman lay dying,
And as on the aerodrome he lay,
To the mechanics who round him came sighing,
These last dying words he did say:
"Take the cylinders out of my kindneys,
The connecting-rod out of my brain,
Take the cam-shaft from out of my backbone,
And Assemble the engine again.'





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