In Flanders Field the poppies bow 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.
"John McCrae", Doctor of Medicine/MD was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous poets! More John McCrae on Wikipedia.In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.
If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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