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 windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor 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.
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, nor 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.
1 comment:
Under Obama, a glorious future dissapears into the past.One of the greaest achievmentsin this county's history has been NASA and the rest of our space program. Astronut Obama wants to axe our military and make Muslims feel good about their imaginary scientifice accomplishments in space.Now we can hitch rides with the Russians and yes the Chinese.
Apollo Mission 11 will be reembered in history as our pinacle moment in country's accomplishments.
Those magnificent words that Debra reprinted here are words know that liberals have problems with and so does Obama the ultimate moonbat. it is estimated that 30 k mre will soon be out of work. So much for America's leading the world in technology.
How long will it take for Obama to bankrupt private enterprise and caplitalism of space with taxes and regulations?
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