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11Fly, fly, fly! I will fly, fly, fly!Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
22I have chased the windAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
33And danced the sky,Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
44| On silvered wings to theOf sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
55| laughter silveredYou have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
66sun I've climbed.High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
77And with the clouds in tumbling mirth,I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
88I have slipped the surly bonds of earth.My eager craft through footless halls of air.
99Higher and higher am I.Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
1010And with these wings I fly!I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
1111Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
1212Up, up the long and burning blue,And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
1313Where never lark nor eagle ever flew,,The high untrespassed sanctity of space
1414Hovering in the silence.Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
15Ascend, oh my soul, on the wings of the wind as it blows
16| on the wings of a song,
17| Up from the struggle and pain,
18Reaching to rise and reaching to fly again!
19Fly, fly, fly! I will fly, fly, fly!
20I have chased the wind
21And danced the sky,
22| On silvered wings to the
23| laughter silvered
24sun I've climbed.
25And with the clouds in tumbling mirth,
26I have slipped the surly bonds of earth.
27Higher and higher am I.
28And with these wings I fly!
29And with these wings I rise and fly!

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