Dave-Platt%LADC@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA (Dave Platt) (01/30/86)
I found this posted on the MacQueue bulletin board. I don't know if Tom Kunich is the author, or was simply passing it along... but it says these things far better than I have ever been able to do, and I'd like to share it further. >From: Tom Kunich >To: Sysop >Subj: SHUTTLE 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 thousand things You have not dreamed of--wheeled and soared and sung 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.
agparghi@watnot.UUCP (Amit Parghi) (02/02/86)
Dave Platt writes: > >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 thousand things >You have not dreamed of--wheeled and soared and sung >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. Unless I am mistaken, it was written by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amit PARGHI St Jerome's College WATERLOO, Ontario N2L 3G3 Canada UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,clyde,utzoo}!watmath!watnot!agparghi CSNET: agparghi%watnot@waterloo.CSNET ARPA: agparghi%watnot%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay-ARPA