(30 November 1872 – 28 January 1918 / Guelph, Ontario)

poet John McCrae
#258 on top 500 poets

Poems of John McCrae

1. A Song Of Comfort 12/31/2002
2. Anarchy 12/31/2002
3. Disarmament 12/31/2002
4. Equality 12/31/2002
5. Eventide 12/31/2002
6. In Due Season 12/31/2002
7. In Flanders Field 1/3/2003
8. Isandlwana 12/31/2002
9. Mine Host 12/31/2002
10. Penance 12/31/2002
11. Quebec 12/31/2002
12. Recompense 12/31/2002
13. Slumber Songs 12/31/2002
14. The Anxious Dead 12/31/2002
15. The Captain 12/31/2002
16. The Dead Master 12/31/2002
17. The Dying Of Pere Pierre 12/31/2002
18. The Harvest Of The Sea 12/31/2002
19. The Hope Of My Heart 12/31/2002
20. The Night Cometh 12/31/2002

The Captain




Here all the day she swings from tide to tide,
Here all night long she tugs a rusted chain,
A masterless hulk that was a ship of pride,
Yet unashamed: her memories remain.

It was Nelson in the `Captain', Cape St. Vincent far alee,

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