13 November 2011

John McCrae - In Flanders Field









































It is interesting to see John's handwritten version, but it still moves me as much now as when I first read it.













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1 comment:

  1. AsclepiusNovember 13, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Its a beautiful poem, purely written, however the stanza -

    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.

    always upsets me.

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