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 The poppies hung
 Dew-dabbed on their stalks.  
 The poppies hung
 Dew-dabbed on their stalks. 
 Through the dancing poppies stole
 A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.  
 Through the dancing poppies stole
 A breeze most softly lulling to my soul. 
 Visions for those too tired to sleep,
 These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep.  
 Visions for those too tired to sleep,
 These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep. 
 In Flanders fields the poppies blow
 Between the crosses, row on row,
  That mark our place, and read more 
 In Flanders fields the poppies blow
 Between the crosses, row on row,
  That mark our place, and in the sky,
   The larks, still bravely singing, fly
    Scarce heard among the guns below. 
 Find me next a Poppy posy,
 Type of his harangues so dozy.  
 Find me next a Poppy posy,
 Type of his harangues so dozy. 
 Bring poppies for a weary mind
 That saddens in a senseless din.  
 Bring poppies for a weary mind
 That saddens in a senseless din. 
 And far and wide, in a scarlet tide,
 The poppy's bonfire spread.  
 And far and wide, in a scarlet tide,
 The poppy's bonfire spread. 
 And would it not be proud romance
 Falling in some obscure advance,
  To rise, a poppy field read more 
 And would it not be proud romance
 Falling in some obscure advance,
  To rise, a poppy field of France? 
 Gentle sleep!
 Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;
  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless
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 Gentle sleep!
 Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;
  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless
   My senses with the sight of her I love.