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Originally Posted by docmartin  Crystals Favorite (probably as its one of mine and spoken in a sad voice)
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
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What a tragic waste of such genius!
She's also partial to AE Houseman!  |
Agree
Also, if I remember correctly - at least some stations in the US used to (still do? - I'm not up that late anymore) use "High Flight" as a station sign off before the national anthem - at least that's where I first heard that poem.
Shelby also gets Heinrich Heine once in a while (she finds German lyric poetry soothing, too)