jeffc@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com ( Jeff Cook) (02/28/90)
My sincere thanks for the many replies to my request. The poem, "High
Flight", was written in 1941 by John G. Magee, Jr. Here it is:
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High Flight
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 windswept 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.
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Also, thanks to Bob Ayers, who offered the following:
>P.S: This haiku appeared on the net the day after the Challenger died:
>
> Deep blue and quiet.
> The sky explodes, then turns
> Deep quiet and blue.
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