IN FLANDERS FIELDS

[Canadian Poet, 1872-1918]

WITH AND ESSAY IN CHARACTER by Sir Andrew Macphail

Contents

In Flanders Fields

The Anxious Dead

The Warrior

Isandlwana

The Unconquered Dead

The Captain

The Song of the Derelict

Quebec

Then and Now

Unsolved

The Hope of My Heart

Penance

Slumber Songs

The Oldest Drama

Recompense

Mine Host

Equality

Anarchy

Disarmament

The Dead Master

The Harvest of the Sea

The Dying of Pere Pierre

Eventide

Upon Watts' Picture "Sic Transit"

A Song of Comfort

The Pilgrims

The Shadow of the Cross

The Night Cometh

In Due Season

JOHN MCCRAE

I. In Flanders Fields

II. With the Guns

Here ends the account of his part in this memorable battle,

And here follow some general observations upon the experience:

A few strokes will complete the picture:

And here is one last note to his mother:

At this time the Canadian division was moving south to take its share in

This phase of the war lasted two months precisely,

III. The Brand of War

IV. Going to the Wars

V. South Africa

The next entry is from South Africa:

The next letter is from the Lines of Communication:

Three weeks later he writes:

With Ian Hamilton's column near Balmoral.

At Lyndenburg:

VI. Children and Animals

VII. The Old Land and the New

VIII. The Civil Years

IX. Dead in His Prime