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The left hand corner of that western wall has been caught from the north, by some tremendous shell which has torn the whole corner down in a mound of stone: and still the walls have stood. THE LEFT HAND CORNER OF THAT WESTERN WALL HAS BEEN CAUGHT FROM THE NORTH BY SOME TREMENDOUS SHELL WHICH HAS TORN THE WHOLE CORNER DOWN IN A MOUND OF STONE AND STILL THE WALLS HAVE STOOD
ey did not know that Arras Cathedral was fallen on evil days, that they did not know they looked on ruin and vast disaster, but thought that these great walls open to stars and sun were the natural and fitting place for the worship of little weeds. Behind them the shattered houses of Arras seemed to cluster about the cathedral as, one might fancy easily, hurt and frightened children, so wistful are their gaping windows and old, grey empty gables, so melancholy and puzzled. They are more like a little old people come upon trouble, gazing at their great elder companion and not knowing what to do. But the facts of Arras are sadder than a poet's most tragic fancies. In the western front of Arras Cathedral stand eight pillars rising from the ground; above them stood four more. Of the four upper pillars the two on the left are gone, swept away by shells from the north: and a shell has passed through the neck of one of the two that is left, just as a bullet might go through a daffodil's stem. TEPS THAT YOU WOULD SAY THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT A ROS CATHEDRAL WAS FALLEN ON EVIL DAYS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THEY LOOKED ON RUIN AND VAST DISASTER BUT THOUGHT THAT THESE GREAT WALLS OPEN TO STARS AND SUN WERE THE NATURAL AND FITTING PLACE FOR THE WORSHIP OF LITTLE WEEDS BEHIND THEM THE SHATTERED HOUSES OF ARAZ SEEM TO CLUSTER ABOUT THE CATHEDRAL AS ONE MIGHT FANCY EASILY HURT AND FRIGHTEN CHILDREN SO WISTFUL ARE THEIR GAPING WINDOWS AND OLD GREY EMPTY GABLES SO MELANCHOLY AND PUZZLED THEY ARE MORE LIKE A LITTLE OLD PEOPLE COME UPON TROUBLE GAZING AT THEIR GREAT ELDER COMPANION AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO BUT THE FACTS OF ARRAS ARE SADDER THAN A POET'S MOST TRAGIC FANCIES IN THE WESTERN FRONT OF ARAS CATHEDRAL STAND EIGHT PILLARS RISING FROM THE GROUND ABOVE THEM STOOD FOUR MORE OF THE FOUR UPPER PILLARS THE TWO ON THE LEFT ARE GONE SWEPT AWAY BY SHELLS FROM THE NORTH AND A SHELL HAS PASS THROUGH THE NECK OF ONE OF THE TWO THAT IS LEFT JUST AS A BULLET MIGHT GO THROUGH A DAFFODIL'S STEM
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