On September 3, 1941, Magee flew a high altitude (30,000 feet) test flight in a newer model of the Spitfire V. As he orbited and climbed upward, he was struck with the inspiration of a poem -- "To touch the face of God." Once back on the ground, he wrote a letter to his pa...
HIGH FLIGHT (Poem)Magee Jr., John Gillespieall hands
Before the year end’s stricken flight. · I wouldn’t ask but that I know It’s not just seasons come and go. When ice gives way to watercress And all of April’s loveliness, Remember, though the days are few, November has its flowers too. · · · ··· · · · · · ·...
of Orithyia.(Poem) The Flight of Orithyia.(Poem)The Flight of Orithyia.(Poem)ONTJES, LINDEN
John. We junior high students adopted that poem as oir own. Thank you, Christipher, for sharing -- and thank you, Jorn, for writing -- "High Flight." (I knew the words by heart as a teenager in the '40s, and today (in my late 90s) I can recall then - nearly word-for word...
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