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The Joy of Kiteflying
Thus soaring, this flying along,
Ethereal pleasures we find,
May Heaven accept our song
Who lends us the wings of the wind.
The pious lark sings as it flies
And we who thus follow its flight
May hope, when our string breaks, to rise
And soar midst the seraphs of light.
This is indeed the same George Pocock who invented the char-volant, the world's first kite traction device.