Monday, May 25, 2009

MEMORIAL DAY ( 2009 )

MEMORIAL DAY     >> 2009 <<           >> LET US NOT FORGET THEM >>>>>>>>

 

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 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 falling 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

 

Lt. Col. John McCrae, after the Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 1915                                                      THE HOOK

  

 

 

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