John Mccrae Sleep Poems

  • 1.
    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
    ...
  • 2.
    At the drowsy dusk when the shadows creep
    From the golden west, where the sunbeams sleep,

    An angel mused: “Is there good or ill
    ...
  • 3.
    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.)
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  • 4.
    I

    Sleep, little eyes
    That brim with childish tears amid thy play,
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  • 5.
    1608-1908


    Of old, like Helen, guerdon of the strong-
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  • 6.
    My lover died a century ago,
    Her dear heart stricken by my sland'rous breath,
    Wherefore the Gods forbade that I should know
    The peace of death.
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  • 7.
    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
    ...
  • 8.
    “Sleep, weary ones, while ye may-
    Sleep, oh, sleep!”
    Eugene Field.

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Total 8 Sleep Poems by John Mccrae

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jorja: i like this poem

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