Quebec
Of
old,
like
Helen,
guerdon
of
the
strong
—
Like
Helen
fair,
like
Helen
light
of
word,
—
"The
spoils
unto
the
conquerors
belong.
Who
winneth
me
must
win
me
by
the
sword."
Grown
old,
like
Helen,
once
the
jealous
prize
That
strong
men
battled
for
in
savage
hate,
Can
she
look
forth
with
unregretful
eyes,
Where
sleep
Montcalm
and
Wolfe
beside
her
gate?
John McCrae
John McCrae born in Guelph, Ontario, Canadian poet, soldier, and physician John McCrae earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Toronto, where he received the Gold Medal. McCrae’s well-known poem “In Flanders Fields” memorializes the April 1915 battle in Belgium’s Ypres salient. For 17 days, McCrae tended those injured in the battle. January 28, 1918, at the age of 45. McCrae was buried with full military honors in Wimereux Cemetery near Boulogne, France. His family home in Guelph is preserved as a museum, and the main street in Wimereux is now named Rue McCrae.