tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635313Rather a StoryIf truth be told, I'd rather hear a storyratherastory2013-11-11T16:24:55Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635313:234194Lest we forget2013-11-11T16:24:55Z2013-11-11T16:24:55Zpublic1<img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mousme/pic/00002bgc"><u>In Flanders Fields</u><br /><br />In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br />Between the crosses, row on row,<br />That mark our place; and in the sky<br />The larks, still bravely singing, fly<br />Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the Dead. Short days ago<br />We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br />Loved and were loved, and now we lie<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br />Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br />To you from failing hands we throw<br />The torch; be yours to hold it high.<br />If ye break faith with us who die<br />We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br />~Major John McCrae<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ratherastory&ditemid=234194" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635313:228034Lest We Forget...2012-11-11T16:51:50Z2012-11-11T16:51:50Zthankfulpublic11<img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mousme/pic/00002bgc"><u>In Flanders Fields</u><br /><br />In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br />Between the crosses, row on row,<br />That mark our place; and in the sky<br />The larks, still bravely singing, fly<br />Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the Dead. Short days ago<br />We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br />Loved and were loved, and now we lie<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br />Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br />To you from failing hands we throw<br />The torch; be yours to hold it high.<br />If ye break faith with us who die<br />We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br />~Major John McCrae<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ratherastory&ditemid=228034" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments