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John McCrae
1872 - 1918
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Anarchy
I saw a city filled with lust and shame, / Where men, like wolves, slunk through the grim half-light; / And sudden, in the midst of it, there came
Disarmament
One spake amid the nations, "Let us cease / From darkening with strife the fair World's light, / We who are great in war be great in peace.
Equality
I saw a King, who spent his life to weave / Into a nation all his great heart thought, / Unsatisfied until he should achieve
Eventide
The day is past and the toilers cease; / The land grows dim 'mid the shadows grey, / And hearts are glad, for the dark brings peace
Penance
My lover died a century ago, / Her dear heart stricken by my sland'rous breath, / Wherefore the Gods forbade that I should know
Quebec
Of old, like Helen, guerdon of the strong, / Like Helen fair, like Helen light of word, / "The spoils unto the conquerors belong.
Recompense
I saw two sowers in Life's field at morn, / To whom came one in angel guise and said, / "Is it for labour that a man is born?
Slumber Songs
I / Sleep, little eyes / That brim with childish tears amid thy play,
The Anxious Dead
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,
The Dead Master
Amid earth's vagrant noises, he caught the note sublime: / To-day around him surges from the silences of Time / A flood of nobler music, like a river deep and broad,
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