In Flanders Fields

John McCrae

John McCrae portrait

1872 to 1918

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

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