Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: A Pittance of Time, Act of Remembrance, Death, For the Fallen, In Flanders Fields, John McCrae, Laurence Binyon, love, November 11, Peace, Poppy Campaign, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, Royal Canadian Legion, Sacrifice, Soldiers, Terry Kelly, they Shall Not Grow Old, War, We Will Remember Them
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
(Excerpt from For The Fallen, Laurence Binyon (1869-1943). Read the rest of Binyon’s famous piece here.)
Please take a few minutes to watch this touching video by Canadian performer, Terry Kelly. The true story behind the song (with link) follows the video.
A Pittance of Time - The Real Story
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.
More:
Background
Royal Canadian Legion
Answers on the Poppy Campaign
The Story of John McCrae
The Making of “In Flanders Fields”
Other Prose & Poetry
