In Flanders Fields

 

In Flanders Fields 

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow

  Between the crosses, row and 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

                    In Flanders fields.

John McCrae - Lieutenant Colonel, Canadian Soldier WWI

For British, Canadian and Commonwealth soldiers who fought and died defending HK, commemorating their bravery and sacrifices on the solemn occasion of 80th Anniversary of Battle of Hong Kong, 1941.

Photo : Liau Chung Ren

2021, 12.10 Hong Kong