Thursday, 11 November 2010

Day 25 - Poppy - 11 November 2010

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.

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD

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