<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548806" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Columbia</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Columbia</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Balanced fine upon a pillar of fire, you flew<br>Up, beyond the sky’s familiar blue<br>Up, and out into the black void of space<br>Up, to loft above gravity’s embrace<br>And the world below turned slowly<br>While a hundred billion stars scrolled past your face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your sojourn in high orbit done<br>You dipped your nose and began your homeward run<br>Down into the fragile azure bubble of life-giving air<br>But tragedy struck, and you became a flare<br>That lit the sky above your homeland so wide<br>As you broke apart, and burned, and died.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O Columbia! Farewell! Farewell! <br>You and your crew will in our hearts forever dwell, <br>And your long service, your journeys to the realm above<br>We will recall and celebrate with gratitude and love.<br>Your sacrifice will teach those who still seek your Holy Grail<br>To ensure no other mission ends in a long and fiery trail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fatt Bob.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Fatt+Bob">Fatt Bob</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548806" data-title="Columbia de Fatt Bob" data-description="Columbia Balanced fine upon a pillar of fire, you flew Up, beyond the sky’s familiar blue Up, and out into the black void of space Up, to loft above gravity’s embrace And the world below turned slowly While a hundred billion stars scrolled pa..."></div> </div> </div>

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