HIGH FLIGHT
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. Hovering there I've chased the shouting winds 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 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.
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