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Friday, May 28, 2004 -
Silly Patriotism... But you should still read the poem... Especially since Don Rumsfeld accidentally used it in one of his speeches when he was talking about the Posts of National Cemetary instead of the Crosses of Flanders Field (thanks Al Franken!)


In Flanders Fields
John McCrae, 1915.

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 ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.




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