In Flander’s Fields
In Flanders fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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
2 comments:
That's one of my favorite poems, and I haven't been reminded of it in a long time. Thank you.
Lets us also not forget those still fighting, in our name, in Iraq. The conflicts still continue and now, more than ever, we should not forget our soldiers.
Scotsman
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