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The True Born Englishman

BY DANIEL DEFOE 1700 Thus from a mixture of all kinds began, That het’rogeneous thing, an Englishman: In eager rapes, and furious lust begot, Betwixt a painted Britain and a Scot. Whose gend’ring off-spring quickly learn’d to bow, And yoke their heifers to the Roman...

High Flight John Gillespie Magee Jr.

High Flight John Gillespie Magee Jr.

In 1941, a 19 year old Spitfire pilot, John Gillespie Magee Jr. wrote High Flight. A few months later he was killed. Take a few moments to remember.   High Flight  Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered...