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 !
