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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (8952)	3/26/1998 11:47:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

"we have loosed the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God" or some such thing? I wonder where she found that. Now jfred, you dlot. It's from a very well-known poem. Not a particularly good one, but well-known. Forget who wrote it, but for some reason it was once used as the signoff for more than one TV station. Which is why I know about it.

To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (8952)	3/26/1998 11:53:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I think the line was from McGee's classic poem, "High Flight".

To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (8952)	3/26/1998 12:26:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

High Flight John MAgee 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 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 untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. A beautiful poem from an anthology of Poetry about Airplanes, Pilots and Flying An uncle of Dan's (a college prof and pilot)has a poem in it, which is why I happen to have it.