George Gordon McCrae (29 May 1833 – 15 August 1927) was an Australian poet.
Read more about George Gordon McCrae: Early Life, Career, Late Life, Bibliography
Famous quotes containing the words george gordon, george, gordon and/or mccrae:
“Alas! how deeply painful is all payment!”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation—the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honour, Duty, Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.”
—David Lloyd George (1863–1945)
“I live not in myself, but I become
Portion of that around me; and to me
High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
Of human cities torture.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.”
—John McCrae (1872–1918)