| Drones Are Coming Listen my Noles and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere On the thirty-first of January, in Twenty-fourteen; Hardly a Nole is now present – Who remembers that famous day and year! He said to his friend, “ If Drones come by land or sea, From air or space to the town tonight, send Fireflies swarming in fields near the North Church tower To make star-shaped patterns of ships in the night sky As signal lights – one if by land, and two if by sea, Three if from air, and four if from space; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Nole village, town and farm”. His friend then left for the North Church tower While he departed by oar-boat for the opposite shore. There he waited with his steed to sound the alarm As he scanned the dark night sky for the signal lights. Being impatient to mount and ride, He gazed at landscapes far and near; But mostly across the bay he watched with eager search The night skies near the tower of the Old North Church. And lo, as he looked towards that tower’s height, A glimmer, then a gleam of light appeared, Shaped in the V-like pattern of a Star-Trek Ship. He sprang to the saddle, the bridle he turned, But lingered and gazed till full on his sight Another light he saw with this same V-shape. Fiercely, he rode through the towns and the fields While sparks struck out by his steed flying fearless and swift. T’was on that night through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the sparks struck out by his steed in the flight Ignited the land into flame with its heat While swarms of fireflies lighted his path. So through that night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm, Calling all Noles in every village and town – A message that shall echo for evermore! Borne on the night wind of the Past, Through all history to the last. As others awaken, take note and listen To the hoof-beats of that steed And the midnight message of Paul Revere. Listen my Noles and you shall hear The midnight ride of Paul Revere; Drones are here and taking flight In star-shaped patterns – one, two, three or four – Glowing, soaring, hovering day or night, Like fireflies swarming through forests and fields – Through land and seas, through space and skies Like messengers from strange new changing worlds. Drones Are Coming to a class near you, And Noles are needed to spread the word! Chart your course towards a new frontier – Embry-Riddle can light your way with Dual Enrollment courses that are one-of-a-kind! Join The Seminole – Embry-Riddle AeroAstro Science Academy, ERAU courses are coming to campus 2014-2015; More to come – Register now – See Ms. Lovett in Guidance Today! February 9, 2014 by Drs. Paul & Sally Becht Drones Are Coming, is a brief adaptation from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Written on April 19, 1860. AeroAstro = Aeronautical and Astronautical |
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