John McCrae

Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I (1872-1918)

Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (30 November 187228 January 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I. He is famous for writing the war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields".

Colonel John McCrae statue at Guelph Civic Museum, unveiled in 2015 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his poem "In Flanders Fields"
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row...

Quotes

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

In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems (1918)

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In Flanders fields the poppies grow
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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