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The words brought back Albert at the end of that road in the sunset and the cathedral seen against the west, and the gilded Virgin half cast down, but incapable of losing dignity, and evening coming down over the marshes. They brought it back like a spell. THE WORDS BROUGHT BACK ALBERT AT THE END OF THAT ROAD IN THE SUNSET AND THE CATHEDRAL SEEN AGAINST THE WEST AND THE GILDED VIRGIN HALF CAST DOWN BUT INCAPABLE OF LOSING DIGNITY AND EVENING COMING DOWN OVER THE MARSHES THEY BROUGHT IT BACK LIKE A SPELL
ging to that strange camp the voice of the English towns. He woke wide at that wonder; and saw the sun shining cheerily, on desolation with a tinge of green in it, which even by itself rejoiced him on that morning after those twelve days amongst mud, looking at mud, surrounded by mud, protected by mud, sharing with mud the liability to be suddenly blown high and to come down in a shower on other men's helmets and coats. He wondered if Dante when he came up from Hell heard anyone calling amongst the Verdure, in sunlight, any familiar call such as merchants use, some trivial song or cry of his native city. A Happy Valley "The enemy attacked the Happy Valley." I read these words in a paper at the time of the taking of Albert, for the second time, by our troops. And the words brought back Albert to me like a spell, Albert at the end of the mighty Bapaume-Albert road, that pathway Of Mars down which he had stalked so tremendously through his garden, the wide waste battlefields of the Somme.  PART TEN OF UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT WORK RECORDING BY BETTY B UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS BY LORD DUNSTANY PART TEN A HAPPY VALLEY THE ENEMY ATTACKED THE HAPPY VALLEY I READ THESE WORDS IN A PAPER AT THE TIME OF THE TAKING OF ALBERT FOR THE SECOND TIME BY OUR TROOPS AND THE WORDS BROUGHT BACK ALBERT TO ME LIKE A SPELL ALBERT AT THE END OF THE MIGHTY BAK HOME ALBERT RODE THAT PATHWAY OF MARS DOWN WHICH HE HAD STALKED SO TREMENDOUSLY THROUGH HIS GARDEN THE WIDE WASTE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE SONG
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