"The Eagle"

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With the eagle, Travis Edmonson continues to soar today - ever unbound.</div> <bR> <div> The Eagle</div> <bR> <div> I see beyond the edges of this valley,</div> <div> I feel beyond the edges of this light,</div> <div> I think beyond the edges of this lifetime,</div> <div> And know what's passed below,</div> <div> When day is night.</div> <div> I hear beyond the edges of my hearing,</div> <div> The men who move across the land below.</div> <div> What they would give to see the things I'm</div> <div> seeing,</div> <div> And know inside the many things I know.</div> <div> There is one thing that's far beyond my</div> <div> feeling,</div> <div> I think you call it fear, but I'm not sure </div> <div> For when I sail, I'm far above the trifling</div> <div> Of things that you can see,</div> <div> Or feel are pure.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> -- Travis Edmonson </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script language="Javascript"> // do not make any changes to anything past this point or tracking script will not work var data; document.cookie='__support_check=1'; if (location.host) { var domain_name = '&d=' + location.host; } else { var domain_name = '&d=unknown'; } if (document.referrer) { var referrer_website = '&r=' + document.referrer; } else { var referrer_website = '&r=unknown'; } if (navigator.appName) { var browser_name = '&b=' + escape(navigator.appName); } else { var browser_name = '&b=unknown'; } if (navigator.userAgent) { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=' + escape(navigator.userAgent); } else { var full_browser_info = '&fbi=unknown'; } if (navigator.appVersion) { var app_version = '&aV=' + escape(navigator.appVersion); } else { var app_version = '&aV=unknown'; } if (navigator.javaEnabled()) { var java_enabled = '&jE=' + navigator.javaEnabled(); } else { var java_enabled = '&jE=unknown'; } if (screen.width) { var screen_width = '&sw=' + screen.width; } else { var screen_width = '&sw=unknown'; } if (screen.height) { var screen_height = '&sh=' + screen.height; } else { var screen_height = '&sh=unknown'; } if (screen.colorDepth) { var color_depth = '&cd=' + screen.colorDepth; } else { var color_depth = '&cd=unknown'; } data = 'a=track' + domain_name + referrer_website + browser_name + full_browser_info + app_version; data = data + java_enabled + screen_width + screen_height + color_depth; document.write('<img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?' + data + '">'); </script> <noscript> <img border=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 src="http://stats.directnic.com/tracker.php?a=noscript"> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>