A quick sketch of Arrow flying in the new six limb configuration. I may reupload this one later, it feels like I may have ruined it with the touchups.
Drawn at Anthrocon 2023 by Diana Harlan Stein
Posted using PostyBirb
Drawn at Anthrocon 2023 by Diana Harlan Stein
Posted using PostyBirb
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Hawk
Size 3379 x 2453px
File Size 1.36 MB
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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
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
This poem is an old one from the year, 1941. The author was an RAF pilot, and he wrote this a the letter to his parents, and it was described as “ in honor to the miracle of flight”. He actually ended up dying in a plane accident and very soon afterward, because of that this poem became famous as I think his parents wanted him to be remembered because of it. It was also essentially seen as a poem in his honor as well.
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