9 MILE SKY

Acrylic on Canvas 102 x 170 cms Glazed and H20 Sealed

 

Oh! I have slipped these 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 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. 

by

Pilot Officer John Magee

Killed in flight 11th December 1941

 

TOWER CLOUDS

Acrylic on Canvas 140 x 102 cms Varnished