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Quotation from In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

“In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row”

John McCrae (spoken by The Dead)

In Flanders Fields, Lines 1-2 (In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (1919))

The opening image of poppies among the crosses that became the poem's lasting emblem.

Citation: "In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row" — John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, Lines 1-2 (In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (1919)). (id in-flanders-fields-q1)

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