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When the village went, trenches came; and, in the same storm that had crumbled the village, the trenches withered too; shells still thump on to the north, but peace and war alike have deserted the village. WHEN THE VILLAGE WENT TRENCHES CAME AND IN THE SAME STORM THAT HAD CRUMBLED THE VILLAGE THE TRENCHES WITHERED TOO SHELLS STILL THUMP ON TO THE NORTH BUT PEACE AND WAR ALIKE HAVE DESERTED THE VILLAGE
 all the human lot; but one contemplates ruin as brought by kindly ages, coming slowly at last, with lichen and ivy and moss, its harsher aspects all hidden with green, coming with dignity and in due season. Thus our works should pass away; our worst fears contemplated no more than this. But here in a single day, perhaps in a moment with one discharge from a battery, all the little things that one family cared for, their house, their garden; and the garden paths, and then the village and the road through the village, and the old landmarks that the old people remembered, and countless treasured things, were all turned into rubbish. And these things that one did not contemplate, have happened for hundreds of miles, with such disaster vast plains and hills are covered, because of the German war. Deep wells, old cellars, battered trenches and dug-outs, lie in the rubbish and weeds under the intricate wreckage of peace and war. It will be a bad place years hence for wanderers lost at night. DEATH PASSING AWAY EVEN RUIN ARE ALL THE HUMAN LOT BUT ONE CONTEMPLATES RUIN AS BROUGHT BY KINDLY AGES COMING SLOWLY AT LAST WITH LICHEN AND IVY AND MOSS ITS HARSHER ASPECTS ALL HIDDEN WITH GREEN COMING WITH DIGNITY AND IN DUE SEASON THUS OUR WORKS SHOULD PASS AWAY OUR WORST FEARS CONTEMPLATED NO MORE THAN THIS BUT HERE IN A SINGLE DAY PERHAPS IN A MOMENT WITH ONE DISCHARGE FROM A BATTERY ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ONE FAMILY CARED FOR THEIR HOUSE THEIR GARDEN AND THE GARDEN PATHS AND THEN THE VILLAGE AND THE ROAD THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND THE OLD LANDMARKS THAT THE OLD PEOPLE REMEMBERED AND COUNTLESS TREASURED THINGS WERE ALL TURNED INTO RUBBISH AND THESE THINGS THAT ONE DID NOT CONTEMPLATE HAVE HAPPENED FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES WITH SUCH DISASTER VAST PLAINS AND HILLS ARE COVERED BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN WAR DEEP WELLS OLDELLARS BATTERED TRENCHES AND DUGOUTS LIE IN THE RUBBISH AND WEEDS UNDER THE INTRICATE WRECKAGE OF PEACE AND WAR IT WILL BE A BAD PLACE YEARS HENCE FOR WANDERS LOST AT NIGHT
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