And he snatched at the gearbox with fevered hand,A rip - and a jolt - and the motor stopped -
And we suddenly began to plummet downward into ruin!
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But the devil cannot die,
And Hope didn't let us go.
She hovered under us, momentous
And bore us with a gigantic swing,
Until, gradually, the motor
was returned to working order.
It delayed the impact. The machine sank
very slowly and landed soft and flat
not too far from -- Halberstadt.
A balloon race had just taken place there.
And as the spectators saw with their instruments
How high we'd ascended,
These admirers surrounded us in droves,
and greeted us with jubilant compliments,
it helped drive away our bitter emotions a bit.
A government representative approached,
And after a survey of the apparatus
Called to us: "I'd like to buy your machine
for the Royal Prussian Air Force!" -
Here the drama unfolded like a satire:
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