Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

Page scan 000544 from Best broadcasts of 1938-39

Record Details:

Title:
Best broadcasts of 1938-39
Date:
1939
Publisher:
New York : Whittlesey House
Volume:
Best broadcasts of 1938-39
Leaf #:
000544
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1938-39 I And set afire the sun and froze the moon '^^nd dug the furrows wherein oceans flow. Do you grant radio is here to stay ? Then grant this further: That the mystic ethers were established well before the first word passed between two men; It’s only latterly we’ve seen that speech is buoyant in these waves; A puff or two of years, that’s all it is. There may this very moment be, As close to us as one discoverer away. Whole firmaments of stuffs awaiting comprehension. That we’ll see about. Meanwhile some homage to the High Commissioner Who first assigned these frequencies to earth. Who marked these air lanes out. He is the same who fixed the stars in place. Who set afire the sun and froze the moon and dug the furrows wherein oceans flow. Who put some molecules together in a way To make a man. He holds the formiila for genesis and death. His hand rests on a dial bigger than infinity. This microphone is not an ordinary instrument. For it looks out on vistas wide indeed: My voice conxmingles now with northern lights and asteroids and Alexander’s skeleton, With dead volcanoes and with donkey’s ears It swims with minnows and it’s in the Sphinx’s jaw. It drifts among whatever spirits pass across the night. Here is a thought to fasten to your throat : Who knows who may be listening? And where? Music. — Concluding passage . . . pyramid effect. 520