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Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon, author of the memorial poem "For the Fallen," was born in Lancaster, England, in 1869. His father was a clergyman. He was educated at St. Paul's School and at Oxford's Trinity College, where he won the

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by Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)

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In drooping leaves of the plane

Hangs blue the early heat;

Stirless, a delicate shade

Sleeps on the parching street.

I wander this listless morning

By the banks of the dazzling river;

On the hot stones lean, where toward me

Lights from the water quiver.

And clasping hands upon eyes,

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