<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Arras</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I WENT and walked by Arras</p><p class="line">In the dim uncertain night;</p><p class="line">I went and walked by Arras</p><p class="line">In the dazzling noonday light;</p><p class="line">First, I saw a fairy glamour—</p><p class="line">Later, 'twas another sight.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Out by Arras in the night-time.</p><p class="line">Star-shells in the starlit sky</p><p class="line">Showered like wild silver raindrops</p><p class="line">From a fountain scattered high.</p><p class="line">Like the silver scales of fishes</p><p class="line">In the tideway curving by.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Out by Arras in the night-time</p><p class="line">There were glints of red and green</p><p class="line">Like the glow of fairy camp-fires</p><p class="line">In some hidden high wood seen.</p><p class="line">Like the day-dawn of the night-land</p><p class="line">Where no man has ever been.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Out by Arras in the day-time</p><p class="line">There stretched broad the sun-parched sand</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Where together men and torture</p><p class="line">Lived with foul death hand and hand,</p><p class="line">Horror-stricken, God-forsaken,</p><p class="line">There stretched far the war-cursed land.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">And upon the stretches barren</p><p class="line">Far I saw the thousands lie</p><p class="line">That the wind of war had blasted,</p><p class="line">Sweeping on without a sigh;</p><p class="line">In the hollows, huddled hundreds</p><p class="line">Who were not afraid to die.</p></div></body></html> · Great War