- In Flanders Fields
- In Flanders fields, the poppies blow
- Between the crosses, row on row,
- That mark our place;wait and in the sky
- The larks, still bravely singing, fly
- Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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- We are the dead, short days ago,
- We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
- Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
- In Flanders fields!
- Take up our quarrel with the foe:
- To you from failing hands, we throw
- The torch; be yours to hold it high.
- If ye break faith with us who die
- We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
- In Flanders fields!
- John McCrae 03.05.1915
thank you for sharing this thoughtful poem. x x x
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