#high flight

[missmargaretcarter]

High Flight by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

N.C. Wyeth (1882 - 1945)

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High Flight BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR. 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 wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever 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.

[california-112]

🌹🌹🌹

for every "🌹" received in my inbox i'll post one random sentence of a random WIP i'm currently writing

Three roses...three sentences! Random was taken as literally as possible.

From a missing scene for High Flight (1957):

As he walked the length of the table, he noticed the room going quiet, and focused on the words he knew to say, trying to calm his nerves.

From a missing scene for the Cabin Pressure episode 'St Petersburg':

"Yes, I'll do that," Douglas volunteered, "the rest of you head in, get some hot drinks."

And finally, from a random Murdoch Mysteries scene that popped into my head one day:

"Well…yes. I-I mean…tha-nk you. Yes." Blinking profusely, he hurried out of sight towards the cells.

Thanks for the ask! And for the roses <3

[deadeyes-o0]

High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Jr.

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 wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark nor ever 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.

[gwydionmisha]

High Flight - John Gillespie Magee Jr.

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 wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever 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.

[ashleybenlove]

Angelina wants so badly to be connected to Eden via the Callings but like, girl, YOU STOLE EDEN. YOU MURDERED HER MOM. 

You’re basically a Mother Gothel! That’s LITERALLY all you are! 

[medusasstory]

High Flight

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 wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or ever 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.

--John Gillespie Magee

An Anglo-American aviator and poet. Magee served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States entered the war; he died in a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire in 1941.

[adamcasey]

‪“...put out my hand and touched the face of God”, Inktober Day 20‬