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It hovers on wing beats that are invisibly swift by its lonely autumn flower, then darts away over the desolation which is no desolation to a moth: man has destroyed man; nature comes back; it is well: that must be the brief philosophy of myriads of tiny things whose way of life one seldom considered before; now that man's cities are down, now that ruin and misery confront us whichever way we turn, one notices more the small things that are left. IT HOVERS ON WING BEATS THAT ARE INVISIBLY SWIFT BY ITS LONELY AUTUMN FLOWER THEN DARTS AWAY OVER THE DESOLATION WHICH IS NO DESOLATION TO A MOTH MAN HAS DESTROYED MAN NATURE COMES BACK IT IS WELL THAT MUST BE BRIEF PHILOSOPHY OF MYRIADS OF TINY THINGS WHOSE WAY OF LIFE ONE SELDOM CONSIDERED BEFORE NOW THAT MAN'S CITIES ARE DOWN NOW THAT RUIN AND MISERY CONFRONT US WHICHEVER WAY WE TURN ONE NOTICES MORE THE SMALL THINGS THAT ARE LEFT
lmost seemed to beckon to passers-by in the street, so rare are gardens now in this part of France, that it seemed to have more than a garden's share of mystery, all in the silence there at the back of the silent house; but when one entered it some of the mystery went, and seemed to hide in a further part of the garden amongst wild shrubs and innumerable weeds. British aeroplanes frequently roared over, disturbing the congregation of Arras Cathedral a few hundred yards away, who rose cawing and wheeled over the garden; for only jackdaws come to Arras Cathedral now, besides a few pigeons. Unkempt beside me a bamboo flourished wildly, having no need of man. On the other side of the small wild track that had been the garden path the skeletons of hothouses stood, surrounded by nettles; their pipes lay all about, shattered and riddled through. Branches of rose break up through the myriad nettles, but only to be seized and choked by columbine. A late moth looks for flowers not quite in vain. RDEN AT FIRST IT HAD ALMOST SEEMED TO BECKON TO PASSERS BY IN THE STREET SO RARE GARDENS NOW IN THIS PART OF FRANCE THAT IT SEEMED TO HAVE MORE THAN A GARDEN'S SHARE OF MYSTERY ALL IN THE SILENCE THERE AT THE BACK OF THE SILENT HOUSE BUT WHEN ONE ENTERED IT SEEMED OF THE MYSTERY WENT AND SEEMED TO HIDE IN A FURTHER PART OF THE GARDEN AMONGST WILD SHRUBS AND INNUMERABLE WEEDS BRITISH AEROPLANES FREQUENTLY ROARED OVER DISTURBING THE CONGREGATION OF AIR'S CATHEDRAL A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY WHO ROSE CAWING AND WHEELED OVER THE GARDEN FOR ONLY JACKDAWS CAME TO ARIS CATHEDRAL NOW BESIDES A FEW PIGEONS UNKEMPT BESIDE ME A BAMBOO FLOURISHED WILDLY HAVING NO NEED OF MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SMALL WILD TRACK THAT HAD BEEN THE GARDEN PATH THE SKELETONS OF HOT HOUSES STOOD SURROUNDED BY NETTLES THEIR PIPES LAY ALL ABOUT SHATTERED AND RIDDLED THROUGH BRANCHES OF ROSE BREAK UP THROUGH THE MYRIAD NETTLES BUT ONLY TO BE SEIZED AND CHOKED BY COLUMBINE A LATE MOTH LOOKS FOR FLOWERS NOT QUITE IN VAIN
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