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, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-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.
1922-1941

February 1, 2003

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Dreams do not vanish,
so long as people do not abandon them.
~ Phantom F. Harlock

A man of courage is also full of faith.
~ Marcus T. Cicero

Our greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising up every time we fail.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

If Candlemas Day is bright and clear --
There'll be two winters in the year
~ a Christian couplet

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