That's the same poem Reagan quoted in his eulogy for the Challenger astronauts. It's as appropriate now as then.
At 04:29 PM 2/1/03, you wrote: >Something I found that is appropriate I think: > > >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. 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 unsurpassed sanctity of space, >Put out my hand and touched the face of God. > > > > > > >Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee >No 412 squadron, RCAF >Killed 11 December 1941 > >-- > >Larry C. Lyons > >======================================================== >Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. >======================================================== >Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
