Agreed. It was also read at the funeral of my best friend's father, who was in the RCAF in the second world war. For him it was appropriate as well. larry
>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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
