November 10, 2013

We remember... In Flanders 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.

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1872 - 1918) 
written May 3, 1915 in Ypres, Belgium


Photos by Jim Murray, from the Dawson City Journal - November 11, 2012. 
Copyright 2013.

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