by John McCrae [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 An Essay in Character
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
