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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
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Masefield's
"Gallipoli"
It
amused
me
to
discover
the
evident
relish
with
which
the
author
of
In
the
Daffodil
Fields
emphasises
the
blood
and
the
flowers
in
the
attack
on
Achi
Baba.
It's
all
blood
and
beautiful
flowers
mixed
up
together
to
Masefield's
great
excitement.
"A
swear
word
in
a
city
slum
A
simple
swear
word
is
to
some--
To
Masefield
something
more."
MAX
BEERBOHM.
Still,
to
call
Gallipoli
"bloody
Hell"
is,
after
all,
only
a
pedantically
exact
description.
You
understand,
tho',
a
very
remarkable
book--a
work
of
genius.
December
23.
To
be
cheerful
this
Xmas
would
require
a
coup
de
théâtre--some
sort
of
psychological
sleight
of
hand.
I
get
downstairs
at
10
and
spend
the
day
reading
and
writing,
without
a
soul
to
converse
with.
Everything
comes
to
me
second-hand--thro'
the
newspapers,
the
world
of
life
thro'
the
halfpenny
Daily
News,
and
the
world
of
books
thro'
the
Times
Literary
Supplement.
For
the
rest
I
listen
to
the
kettle
singing
and
make
symphonies
out
of
it,
or
I
look
into
the
fire
to
see
the
pictures
there....
December
24.
Everyone
I
suppose
engaged
in
this
irony
of
Xmas.
What
a
solemn
lunatic
the
world
is.
Walked
awhile
in
a
beautiful
lane
close
by,
washed
hard
and
clean
and
deeply
channelled
by
the
recent
rain.
On
the
hill-top,
I
could
look
right
across
the
valley
to
the
uplands,
where
on
the
sky
line
a
few
Firs
stood
in
stately
sequestration
from
common
English
Oaks,
like
a
group
of
ambassadors
in
full
dress.
In
the
distance
a
hen
clucked,
I
saw
a
few
Peewits
wheeling
and
watched
the
smoke
rising
from
our
cottage
perpendicularly
into
the
motionless
air.
There
was
a
clement
quiet
and
a
clement
warmth,
and
in
my
heart
a
burst
of
real
happiness
that
made
me
rich
even
beside
less
unfortunate
beings
and
beyond
what
I
had
ever
expected
to
be
again.
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