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High Flight (Airman’s Ecstasy)

Posted by: Greg Cary | 21 August, 2009 - 1:22 PM
spitfire

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.

— John Gillespie Magee, Jr

Blog comments Your Say

  • Rome had running water and
    sewerage 2000years ago.Here
    we are in the 21st century,
    living in the "Smart State'',
    and our government can only
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    If they want to have a study
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    some cases still work, a look
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    peter hansen Sunday 22 November, 2009 - 9:19 AM
  • What happened to the dicussions of a pipe line from the north - How much line could be laid following the railway line - as against the costs of building and maintaining two more desal plants. We are currently living in Bilgh's noddy land

    Brian McKenna Friday 13 November, 2009 - 11:46 AM

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