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When I heard the Father of the fallen pilot speak, I remembered this beautiful poem, and would like to dedicate it to all our fallen heroes.
It was written by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. who fought in WW II as a pilot, and died three months after writing the poem.
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High Flight
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr
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 ever 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.
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http://www.skygod.com/quotes/highflight.html