<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=428636" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>For the Airmen</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THOU who guidest the swallow and wren, <br>Keep the paths of the flying men! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Over the mountains, over the seas <br>Thou hast given the bird-folk compasses. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou guidest them, yea, Thou leadest them home<br>By the trackless ways and the venturesome. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Look Thou then on these bird-men, far <br>More than the sparrows and swallows are. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When they fly in the wintry weather <br>Be their compass and chart together. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Keep them riding the wind. Uphold <br>Their passion of flight lest it grow cold. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy right hand be under the wing, <br>Thy left hand for their steadying. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Wings of the birds of Heaven be nigh<br>Lest their wings fail them and they die. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Make Thou their flying as deft and fleet <br>As the flight of the linnet or the blue-tit. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy hand over them, shall they fear <br>The spears of lightning or any spear? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy hand under them, what shall appal? <br>Not the fierce foe nor the sudden fall. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Show them Thy moon at night: Thy stars <br>Bid stand as sentinels in their wars. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yea, make their lone tracks pleasant as <br>A soft meandering path in grass. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou that launchest the wren, the swallow<br>Guard our flying loves when they follow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Katharine+Tynan">Katharine Tynan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=428636" data-title="For the Airmen de Katharine Tynan" data-description="THOU who guidest the swallow and wren, Keep the paths of the flying men! Over the mountains, over the seas Thou hast given the bird-folk compasses. Thou guidest them, yea, Thou leadest them home By the trackless ways and the venturesome. L..."></div> </div> </div>

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