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To: RightLady

It’s actually taken from “High Flight”....

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. Hov’ring there
I’ve chased the shouting wind 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 or 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.

-John Gillespie Magee, Jr


129 posted on 09/01/2018 9:57:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Thank you - I was going to look it up - you saved me the trouble. I love the internet for this reason.


180 posted on 09/01/2018 4:09:18 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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