Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMERICA'S ANSWER, by R. W. LILLARD


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AMERICA'S ANSWER, by                    
First Line: Rest ye in peace, ye flanders dead!
Last Line: In flanders fields.
Variant Title(s): America's Reply
Subject(s): Holidays; Patriotism; Veterans Day


REST YE in peace, ye Flanders dead.
The fight that ye so bravely led
We've taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who lie asleep
With each a cross to mark his bed,
In Flanders fields.

Fear not that we have died for naught.
The torch ye threw to us we caught.
Ten million hands will hold it high,
And Freedom's light shall never die!
We've learned the lesson that we taught
In Flanders fields.





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