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With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea.

Laurence Binyon

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Laurence Binyon

We are living in a time of trouble and bewilderment, in a time when none of us can foresee or foretell the future. But surely it is in times like these, when so much that we cherish is threatened or in jeopardy, that we are impelled all the more to strengthen our inner resources, to turn to the things that have no news value because they will be the same tomorrow that they were today and yesterday — the things that last, the things that the wisest, the most farseeing of our race and kind have been inspired to utter in forms that can inspire ourselves in turn.

Laurence Binyon

Two children, all alone and no one by,
Holding their tattered frocks, thro'an airy maze
Of motion lightly threaded with nimble feet
Dance sedately; face to face they gaze,
Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure.

Laurence Binyon

The little street
Into its gloom retires, secluded and shy.

Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon

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Born: August 10, 1869

Died: March 10, 1943 (aged 73)

Bio: Robert Laurence Binyon was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. His most famous work, For the Fallen, is well known for being used in Remembrance Sunday services.

Known for:

Painting in the Far East (1908)
The winnowing fan (1914)
Dutch etchers of the seventeenth century (1895)
The flight of the dragon (1911)
The spirit of man in Asian art (1935)

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