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Wistfully round the edge of the huge breach in the wall, a Michaelmas daisy peered into the garden, in whose mined paths I stood. WISTFULLY ROUND THE EDGE OF THE HUGE BREECH IN THE WALL A MICHAELMAS DAISY PEERED INTO THE GARDEN IN WHOSE MINED PATHS I STOOD
b the great old wall and go down the other side. Why not go in next door from the street, you might say. That would be different, that would be calling; that would mean ceremony, black hats, and awkward new gloves, constrained talk and little scope for romance. It would all be the fault of the wall. With what diffidence, as the generations passed, would each first peep over the wall be undertaken. In some years it would be scaled from one side, in some ages from the other. What a barrier that old red wall would have seemed! How new the adventure would have seemed in each age to those that dared it, and how old to the wall! And in all those years the elders never made a door, but kept that huge and haughty separation. And the ivy quietly grew greener. And then one day a shell came from the east, and, in a moment, without plan or diffidence or pretext, tumbled away some yards of the proud old wall, and the two gardens were divided no longer: but there was no one to walk in them any more.  COME THAT THOUGHT TO CLIMB THE GREAT OLD WALL AND GO DOWN THE OTHER SIDE WHY NOT GO IN NEXT DOOR FROM THE STREET YOU MIGHT SAY THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAT WOULD BE CALLING THAT WOULD MEAN CEREMONY BLACK HATS AND AWKWARD NEW GLOVES CONSTRAINED TALK AND LITTLE SCOPE FOR ROMANCE IT WOULD ALL BE THE FAULT OF THE WALL WITH THAT DIFFIDENCE AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED WOULD EACH FIRST PEEP OVER THE WALL BE UNDERTAKEN AND SOME YEARS IT WOULD BE SCALED FROM ONE SIDE AND SOME AGES FROM THE OTHER WHAT A BARRIER THAT OLD RED WALL WOULD HAVE SEEMED HOW NEW THE ADVENTURE WOULD HAVE SEEMED IN EACH AGE TO THOSE THAT DARED IT AND HOW OLD TO THE WALL AND IN ALL THOSE YEARS THE ELDERS NEVER MADE A DOOR BUT KEPT THAT HUGE AND HAUGHTY SEPARATION AND THE IVY QUIETLY GREW GREENER AND THEN ONE DAY A SHELL CAME FROM THE EAST AND IN A MOMENT WITHOUT PAIN OR DIFFIDENCE OR PRETEXT TUMBLED AWAY SOME YARDS OF THE PROUD OLD WALL AND THE TWO GARDENS WERE DIVIDED NO LONGER BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO WALK IN THEM ANY MORE
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