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HERE BEGINS THE BEE, DRAGON FLY AND FLYING MACHINE SERIES
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THE BEE
The Bee that left a smoke trailIn the sky,
After he kissed
The Firewood Bloom good-by.
THE DRAGON FLIES
The Dragon Flies of theSilver Lake
Were flying machines
Of an ancient make.
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PATHFINDER OF THE AIR
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With a Medal for Lowell H. Smith, Inscribed by the Explorers Club of New York “Circumnavigator and Pathfinder of the Air.”
Pathfinder of the air, the nations honor you.
They envy the adventure and the goal.
They honor the hard pathway of Ulysses
The wave-surmounting cloud-compelling soul,
The courage of Columbus in new oceans
And Magellan's circumnavigating glory.
They envy the adventure and the goal.
They honor the hard pathway of Ulysses
The wave-surmounting cloud-compelling soul,
The courage of Columbus in new oceans
And Magellan's circumnavigating glory.
Like great migrating birds, their wings in rhyme
All men may fly around the world to-day,
Because you did it first, and for all time,
And made Magellan's victory your own story.
All men may fly around the world to-day,
Because you did it first, and for all time,
And made Magellan's victory your own story.
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