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Between the crosses, row on row...
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (30 November 1872 – 28 January 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I. He is famous for writing the war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields".
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We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems (1918)
[edit]- In Flanders fields the poppies grow
- 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.
- 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.
- In Flanders fields.
External links
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- Brief biography at the Guelph Civic Museum
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Works by John McCrae at Project Gutenberg
- John McCrae in Flanders Fields — Historical Essay, illustrated with many photographs of John McCrae
- Free audiobook of "In Flanders Fields" from LibriVox
- Burial record with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission