High Flight by FrankT
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Respectfully dedicated to all combat pilots.
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 untresspassed 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
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Comments (15)
Very nice image and a favourite poem. Regards!
I like this little work - a plane - a powerfull atmo and the story - cool
...as an Air Force brat, this was always one of my favourite...
great job.
Very very well done.
Excellent comp and great dedication. Excellent...
Love the poem.
The TV channels used to play a clip of a jet soaring through the clouds with this narration when they signed off for the night. I wished they still played it.
The expression of the clouds is splendid.
Great work... nice! Hugs
Beautiful scene and excellent dedication, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jsut remarkable excellent tribute
Great render and a wonderful poem I didn't know yet! Splendid!
Stunning Stuff. Wonderful clouds and poem. Carry on the excellent work.
Very appropriately, you have a Supermarine Spitfire Mark V soaring through the heavens. Poignant and simple in its elegance.