Thursday, November 11, 2010

Remembrance Day 2010

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"Husband and wife on tree branch under the sea", acrylic on canvas, 71"x51", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau /Click on image to Enlarge/
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In Flanders Fields
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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...
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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...
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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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Lt.-Col. John McCrae



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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this post: "Husband and wife on tree branch under the sea", 71"x51", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau
/Private Collection - Toronto, Ontario CANADA/

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