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A series of poems celebrating the advent of human flight, blending patriotic fervor with lyric images of wings, sky, and heroic sacrifice. The verses praise aviators' daring and technical ingenuity, link aerial conquest to national pride and communal renewal, and frame flight as a spiritual ascent and collective destiny. Rural scenes, mothers' grief, and popular enthusiasm alternate with meditations on risk, death, and glory, while references to pioneering figures underscore the transformation of imagination and labor. The tone moves between exultant hymn and solemn tribute, emphasizing flight's moral and symbolic effects on society.

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Title: Le Cantique de l'Aile

Author: Edmond Rostand

Release date: July 29, 2022 [eBook #68634]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: French

Original publication: France: Fasquelle, 1922

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LE CANTIQUE DE L'AILE ***

EDMOND ROSTAND

LE CANTIQUE
DE L’AILE

CINQUIÈME MILLE

PARIS
Librairie CHARPENTIER et FASQUELLE
EUGÈNE FASQUELLE, ÉDITEUR
11, RUE DE GRENELLE, 11

1922
Tous droits réservés.
Copyright 1922, by Eugène Fasquelle.

Eugène FASQUELLE, Éditeur, 11, rue de Grenelle, PARIS

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