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To: Dog

HIGH FLIGHT

John Gillespie Magee, 1922-1941


Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of; wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there
I've chased the shouting winds along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air;
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark nor even eagle flew;
And while, with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

476 posted on 06/05/2004 2:29:25 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: All

Thank you all for expressing the thoughts and love for President Reagan in words and pictures I couldn't find. May God continue to bless America with men such as Ronald Reagan.


509 posted on 06/05/2004 2:34:29 PM PDT by Concerto in D
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