Chris opened this issue on Feb 01, 2003 ยท 35 posts
Charlie_Tuna posted Sat, 01 February 2003 at 8:56 PM
High Flight Oh, I have slipped the surly bounds 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 thousand things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hovering 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 winds 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. WWII American Spitfire pilot who was killed in a mid air 2 weeks after he wrote this poem
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