John McCrae Quotes

• 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 among the guns below.

  John McCrae

  Blow, Gun, Sky

  Punch 8 Dec. 1915 "In Flanders Fields"

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• We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
  Loved and were loved, and now we lie
  In Flanders fields.

  John McCrae

  Lying, Sunset, Dawn

  John McCrae (2015). “In Flanders Fields and Other Poems”, p.20, Dundurn

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• Like restless birds, the breath of coming rain
  Creeps, lilac-laden, up the village street

  John McCrae

  Rain, Bird, Village

  John McCrae (2015). “In Flanders Fields and Other Poems”, p.30, Dundurn

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• The larks, still bravely singing, fly
  Scarce heard amid the guns below

  John McCrae

  Gun, Singing, Poppies

  'In Flanders Fields' (1915)

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• In Flanders fields the poppies blow.

  John McCrae

  Blow, Fields, Poppies

  "In Flanders Fields" l. 1 (1915)

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• Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.

  John McCrae

  Fall, Hands, Quarrels

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