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Contents

In Flanders Fields
1915

The Anxious Dead
1917

The Warrior
1907

Isandlwana
1910

The Unconquered Dead
1906

The Captain
1913

The Song of the Derelict
1898

Quebec
1908

Then and Now
1896

Unsolved
1895

The Hope of My Heart
1894

Penance
1896

Slumber Songs
1897

The Oldest Drama
1907

Recompense
1896

Mine Host
1897

Equality
1898

Anarchy
1897

Disarmament
1899

The Dead Master
1913

The Harvest of the Sea
1898

The Dying of Pere Pierre
1904

Eventide
1895

Upon Watts' Picture "Sic Transit"
1904

A Song of Comfort
1894

The Pilgrims
1905

The Shadow of the Cross
1894

The Night Cometh
1913

In Due Season
1897

John McCrae
An Essay in Character by Sir Andrew Macphail

In Flanders Fields

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.

The Anxious Dead

O guns, fall silent till the dead men hear
Above their heads the legions pressing on:
(These fought their fight in time of bitter fear,
And died not knowing how the day had gone.)

O flashing muzzles, pause, and let them see
The coming dawn that streaks the sky afar;
Then let your mighty chorus witness be
To them, and Caesar, that we still make war.

Tell them, O guns, that we have heard their call,
That we