So that we could live our todays"
FLANDERS FIELDS
REMEMBRANCE DAY - 11th NOVEMBER.
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 YOU BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP, THOUGH POPPIES GROW
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
IN THE
ELEVENTH HOUR
OF THE
ELEVENTH DAY
OF THE
ELEVENTH MONTH...
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM !
