The Dawn Patrol

And other Poems of an Aviator

PAUL BEWSHER, R.N.A.S., D.S.C.

"A new domain has been won for poetryby the war—that of the air. This is of greaterimportance than the bare statement suggests....'The Dawn Patrol' marks so notable adeparture in English literature that it will inafter years be eagerly sought by collectors....Mr. Bewsher's most considerable triumph isto have been the first airman-poet to regardhumanity from the detached standpoint of thesky."—Daily Graphic.

"The fable of Pegasus is come true....Mr Bewsher never strains for effect....The strongest impression his poems leave isof a sincere and ingenuous nature devoted toduty, but of keen sensibilities."—The Times.

LONDON, W.C. 1: ERSKINE MACDONALD, LTD.

Second Impression: One Shilling and Sixpence net.

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THE DAWN PATROL

Paul Bewsher, R.N.A.S.

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The Dawn Patrol

And Other Poems of an Aviator

By

PAUL BEWSHER, R.N.A.S.

ERSKINE MACDONALD, LTD.,
MALORY HOUSE, FEATHERSTONE
BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C. 1

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All rights reserved.

Copyright in the United States of America by
Erskine MacDonald, Ltd.

First Published November, 1917.
Second Impression, February, 1918.

Printed by Harrison, Jehring & Co., Ltd., 11-15, Emerald St. W.C. 1.

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