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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.
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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.
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Born:
June 9, 1922
Died:
December 11, 1941
(aged 19)
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John Gillespie Magee, Jr. was an Anglo-American aviator and poet, made famous for his poem High Flight.
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