Lord, guard and guide, the men who fly

By, Mary C. D. Hamilton

 

Lord guard and guide the men who fly

Through the great spaces of  the sky;

Be with them traversing the air

in darkening storms or sunshine fair.

 

Thou who dost keep with tender might

The balanced birds in all their flight,

Thou of the tempered winds, be near,

That, having thee, they know no fear.

 

Aloft in solitudes of space,

Uphold them with thy saving grace.

O God, protect the men who fly

Thro lonely ways beneath the sky.

Amen