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
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High Flight
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of
wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence, Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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Remember Me
We bid farewell to family and friends
In hope that someday we can
Live as brothers.
I pray for the day all wars will end
And my fate shall be spared to others.
It was the war to end all wars,
That is what they said,
But after seventy-six long years,
Canada still counts her dead.
I was a true Canadian,
I wish you could see.
All I ask is...
Remember me.
In war I fought and died,
I thought it did cease.
Now under the blue beret
I die for world peace.
Like Michael Ralph and John Ternapolski
Plus the thousands of soldiers before.
On November 11th remember
I died for peace not war.
I was a true Canadian
I wish you could see.
All I ask is ... Remember me
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A Decoration Day Prayer
They served and fought and died
so that we might be safe and free.
Grant them, O Lord, eternal peace
and give them the victory!
And in these days of unrest,
filled with grave uncertainty,
Let's not forget the price they paid
to keep our country free...
And so, on this Decoration Day,
we offer up a prayer...
May the people of all nations
be united in Thy care,
And grant us understanding
and teach us how to live
So we may lose our selfish pride
and learn to love and give,
And keep us ever mindful
of the fighting men who sleep
In Flanders Fields and foreign lands
so we may ever keep
The light of freedom burning
in their honour through the years
And hear their cry for peace on earth
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