Sonnet 116 williamshakespeare
The Flying Wonder Stephen Vincent Benet
The Flying Wonder The Flying Wonder - Figures of Speech, Important Lines and Appreciation Questions The Flying Wonder Said Orville Wright to Wilbur Wright, “These birds are very trying. I’m sick of hearing them cheep-cheep About the fun of flying. A bird has feathers, it is true. That much I freely grant. But must that stop us, W?” Said Wilbur Wright, “It shan’t.” And so they built a glider, first, And then they built another. -There never were two brothers more Devoted to each other. They ran a dusty little shop For bicycle-repairing, And bought each other soda-pop And praised each other’s daring. They glided here, they glided there, They sometimes skinned their noses. -For learning how to rule the air Was not a bed of roses- But each would murmur, afterward, While patching up his bro. “Are we discouraged, W?” “Of course we are not, O!” And finally, at Kitty Hawk In Nineteen-Three (let’s ...
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