[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 166 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     TO WHERE HEARTS OF COURAGE ROAM--IN MEMORY OF SCOTT CARPENTER

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 20, 2013

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a poetic tribute in honor 
of an American Hero, Astronaut Scott Carpenter's passing . . . Scott 
was the second American to orbit in space. God Speed America's son. I 
ask that this poem penned by Albert Carey Caswell be placed in the 
Record.

                    To Where Hearts of Courage Roam

                       (By: Albert Carey Caswell)

     To . . .
     To where hearts of courage roam!
     To such places the future now so owns!
     So where such courage belongs!
     So all by themselves, so out there all alone!
     To a place where exploration heart's so roam!
     Where life and death,
     so lies all on that edge!
     So etched all in history's home!
     To so find the answers,
     Which must now be known!
     As we looked up Scott,
     And you were gone!
     And if I were a Carpenter,
     I'd be The Right Stuff moving upward and on!
     As you and your friend John Glenn,
     such a dynamic duo had once so formed!
     As the bravest,
     and the boldest who shall live on!
     As a pioneer of space exploration,
     all in search of new frontiers!
     All out there on that cutting edge,
     all without fear!
     As your life Scott,
     to exploration was so pledged!
     While, against all odds you would not hedge!
     As an Astronaut heading into the sun!
     Raising ``The Mercury'',
     with the strength of ``Atlas'' to exploration you'd run!
     To win what so must be won!
     And then,
     under the oceans for so much more to come!
     So ready to pay with your own most precious life,
     as was America's heroic son who shone so bright!
     Pushing that envelope,
     so all in flight!
     All so that we could be here!
     As your family,
     anxiously so awaited all in their tears!
     Oh yes,
     you were a shining star!
     Carrying our Nation,
     out into the future so fast and far!
     To such new heights,
     and ever new frontiers!
     To a place where others fear!
     SO CALM!
     SO COOL!
     AND SO COLLECTED!
     THE RIGHT STUFF!
     SO HERE!
     Living and dying for something worthwhile,
     into each new coming year!
     To know,
     what must so be known!
     To sow,
     what must be sown!
     To go where hearts of courage,
     must roam!
     The sole reason why,
     Women and Mankind so stand alone!
     To a place where hearts of courage must roam!
     Oh what a striking figure Scott,
     you'd so cast!
     All out there into the future's past,
     which so lives on,
     so lasts!
     Wherever, hearts of honor roam!
     That which hearts of exploration wish to own!
     Whether, above the earth or SEALAB below!
     As there Scott, you would go!
     With such faith and courage you owned!
     As why men like you,
     The Right Stuff so stand alone!
     God Speed America's fine Son!
     As your life upon this earth,
     is now so sadly done!
     But just look,
     all in your short life what you have owned!
     As so boldly and bravely for our futures,
     your heart so roamed,
     To do what must so be done!
     And where would we all so be,
     if it were but not for such courageous ones as all of these?
     God Speed,
     ascend to Heaven Scott my son!
     To where hearts of courage roam!

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