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 sunlight silence
Extract taken from the poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, R.C.A.F
Jill
11th February 2022