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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STEPHENSON OF THE AIR, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Where lives he? - that inventive one Last Line: Has learned to struggle and to win! Subject(s): Air Travel; Inventions And Inventors; Stephenson, George (1781-1848) | |||
Where lives he? -- that inventive one For whom the world is waiting -- where? The ether's future Stephenson, The coming conqueror of the air? And has he found the secret yet, The solvent thought, whate'er it be? May the explorer not forget That mystic Open Sesame! And will he sail with mighty wing, Or vast balloon, or whirling fan? Or will it be a startling thing On some unprecedented plan? And when the deed is brought to pass And men are taught the way to fly, Must all our railroads go to grass And all our commerce seek the sky? I do not know; but this I know, -- Whatever bulk the thought attain, It must begin and slowly grow From one wee notion in the brain; Some quick idea swiftly caught And stoutly held with iron grip While patience labors on the thought And firmness will not let it slip. For never on a gale of luck Shall his fine air-ship come to port; Its keel is grit, its sails are pluck, The hurricane it dares to court! Its captain, whosoe'er he be, Has counted cowardice a sin, Has found the air a stormy sea, Has learned to struggle and to win! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAVE YOU FOUND THE BIBLE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU SEEN THE ANGELS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BABY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE ORACULAR OWL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE PRESIDENT WHO DOES IT ALL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE TIME WILL COME by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THINGS! THINGS! THINGS! by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS TWICE IN THE YEAR by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS WHEN THE PEOPLE GET TO THINKING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS WHO KILLED THE PLAN? by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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