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Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by John McCrae

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian poet John McCrae.

Last updated on September 10, 2024.

John McCrae

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae 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.

Canadian - Poet | November 30, 1872 - January 28, 1918

Source: Wikipedia

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.

John McCrae

John McCrae

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 among the guns below.

John McCrae

John McCrae

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow: In Flanders fields. — © John McCrae

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow: In Flanders fields.

John McCrae

John McCrae

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

John McCrae

John McCrae

Like restless birds, the breath of coming rain Creeps, lilac-laden, up the village street

John McCrae

John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow.

John McCrae

John McCrae

The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below

John McCrae

John McCrae

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