Sunday, November 11 2001

John McCrae : 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.



 

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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is sanctum

| source : web1913 | Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, n. [L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.] A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum. {Sanctum sanctorum} [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple. | source : wn | sanctum n 1: a place of inviolable privacy 2: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: {holy place}, {holy}]

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