In Loving Memory Of
WILLIAM J. HANNIGAN, III
Nov 16, 2012
Who Passed Away on November 16, 2012
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 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.
All of our love,
Family and Friends