High FlightOh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthof 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 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. . Anonymous
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High Flight is a poem written by John Gillespie Magee Jr. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post on November 24, 1925. Written by John Batchelor, the poem tells the story of a military pilot who dies in an air battle above the Alps. The poem was later referenced in the 1969 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture during the dedication scene of the USS Enterprise's chapel.

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