I remember that poem. Whenever a TV station would end its broadcast day, they would show an ad in which a fighter plane soaring past American monuments while a voice read this poem, and then the National Anthem would play.
That sounds beautiful. Its also the poem President Reagan paraphrased in his 1986 Challenger disaster speech.
"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
Thanks for a repost of this fine poem, quoted by Ronald Reagan after the Shuttle disaster.
I also remember this poem and the fighter plane clip at the close of the TV broadcast day. Then the National Anthem and then one of those wierd test patterns. Boy, that was a long time ago - 35 or 40 years probably.