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"Slipped the surly bonds" is from a poem called "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. - it's a reference to death.
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;"
President Reagan later used the line in his speech following the Challenger disaster.
"Slipped the surly bonds" is from a poem called "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. - it's a reference to death.
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;"
President Reagan later used the line in his speech following the Challenger disaster.