Thursday 29 January 2015

In Flanders Fields and Other Poems [by John McCrae]



In Flanders Fields and Other Poems by John McCrae and read by Steve Toner; Bruce Kachuk; Ken Masters; Julia Niedermaier; Rach Clem; Ian King; Jordan Heron; Roger Denis; Catherine Grissom; Carol; Greg Giordano; Steve C; Connie; Tony Green

John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France January 28, 1918 of pneumonia. McCrae was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces. The poem which gives this collection of his lovely verse its name has been extensively reprinted, and received with unusual enthusiasm. The volume contains, as well, a striking essay in character by his friend, Sir Andrew Macphail.

01 - In Flanders Fields
02 - The Anxious Dead
03 - The Warrior
04 - Isandlwana
05 - The Unconquered Dead
06 - The Captain
07 - The Song of the Derelict
08 - Quebec
09 - Then and Now
10 - Unsolved
11 - The Hope of My Heart
12 - Penance
13 - Slumber Songs
14 - The Oldest Drama
15 - Recompense
16 - Mine Host
17 - Equality
18 - Anarchy
19 - Disarmament
20 - The Dead Master
21 - The Harvest of the Sea
22 - The Dying of Pere Pierre
23 - Eventide
24 - Upon Watts' Picture 'Sic Transit'
25 - A Song of Comfort
26 - The Pilgrims
27 - The Shadow of the Cross
28 - The Night Cometh
29 - In Due Season
30 - An Essay in Character - I - In Flanders Fields
31 - An Essay in Character - II - With the Guns, part 1
32 - An Essay in Character - II - With the Guns, part 2
33 - An Essay in Character - III - The Brand of War
34 - An Essay in Character - IV - Going to the Wars
35 - An Essay in Character - V - South Africa
36 - An Essay in Character - VI - Children and Animals
37 - An Essay in Character - VII - The Old Land and the New
38 - An Essay in Character - VIII - The Civil Years
39 - An Essay in Character - IX - Dead in His Prime

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