If ye break faith with us who die...

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World Trade Centre

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A little of this... and a little of that...

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.

LCol. John McCrae, M.D. 1872-1918

First published in Punch magazine December 1915

Fallen Soldiers in Afghanistan

Death in Afghanistan - Harold Macdonald    White Poppy

Grass - Carl Sandburg    Autumn Leaves