This is from the Canadian veteran's website regarding the Canadians buried in France:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/poem99/herb_peppard Freedom is not Free
by Herb Peppard
Nova Scotia
I stood on Vimy Ridge and saw
The names carved in that stone,
And in my troubled mind I heard
the shell fire and the moans.
The cries from these, our gallant men
Five thousand miles from home.
'Twas then my eyes were filled with tears
And truth came clear to me,
these men paid a terrible price
For Freedom is not Free!
I stood beside an unknown grave
Near Vimy's sacred sod,
And forced myself to read the words
Carved in that stone so flawed.
It read: "A CANADIAN SOLDIER,
KNOWN ONLY UNTO GOD!"
Then emotion filled my troubled soul
I could not speak nor see,
The truth was on that weathered stone,
Our Freedom was not Free!
Here's another nice one:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/poem99/cchandler Gone; But Not Forgotten
Christina Chandler
Carberry, MB
You are the wind
that brushes soft across my face.
You are the stars
that illuminate the shadow and force darkness from this place.
You are every one of a million things I see.
You are the people who won this life for me.
You are the cries
that echoed across this land.
You are the body
who was the strength behind the hand.
You are the courage and the bravery.
You are the men who fought to keep us free.
You are the reason
my laughter rises loud and clear.
You are the soliders
who gave their lives for one held dear.
You are the support, regardless of the fee.
You are the thoughts, the dreams, the memory.
And though gone,
you aren't forgotten.
Today we remember thee.