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Quotation from In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
“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.”
In Flanders Fields, Lines 6-9 (In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (1919))
The speakers reveal who they are and name the simple goods of life they have lost.
Citation: "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." — John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, Lines 6-9 (In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (1919)). (id in-flanders-fields-q2)
