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Iuedinthiswaytomovefromtombtotomb,andfromchapeltochapel.Thedaywasgraduallywearingaway;thedistanttreadofloiterersabouttheabbeygrewlessandlessfrequeonguedbellwassummoningtoeveningprayers;andIsawatadistaers,iesurplices,gtheaisleahechoir.IstoodbeforetheeoHeh’schapel.Aflightofstepsleadupthadeepandgloomy,butmagarch.Greatgatesofbrass,riddelicatelywrought,turnheavilyupes,asifproudlyreluitthefeetofortalsintothismeousofsepulchres.
&eriohepompofarchitedtheelaboratebeautyofsculptureddetail.Theverywallsarewroughtintouniversalor,iradstoniches,crowdedwiththestatutesofsaintsandmartyrs.Stoheglaborofthechisel,tohavebeesweightay,suspe,asifbymagidthefrettedroofachievedwiththewonderfulminutenessayofacobweb.
AlongthesidesofthechapelaretheloftystallsoftheKnightsoftheBath,richlycarvedofoak,thoughwiththegrotesquedesofGothicarchitethepihestallsareaffixedthehelmetsaheknights,withtheirsdswords;ahemaresuspeheirbanners,emblazoharms,andgthesplendoldandpurpleandwiththecoldgrayfretworkoftheroof.Iofthisgraandsthesepulchreofitsfounder,—hiseffigy,withthatofhisqueeendedonasumptuoustomb,andthewholesurroundedbyasuperblywroughtbrazenrailing.
Thereisasaddrearihismagraureoftombsaheseemblemsoflivingandaspiringambition,closebesidemementoswhichshowthedustandoblivioninwhichallmustsooertermihiheminderfeelihahesileedserthronga.Onlookingroustallsoftheknightsandtheiresquires,andontherowsofdustybutgeousbawereohem,myimaginatiohesthishallwasbrightwiththevalorahelahthesplendorofjeweledrankandmilitaryarray;alivewiththetreadofmahehumofanadmiringmultitude.Allhadpassedaway;thesilehhadsettledagainuponthewhichhadfoundtheirwayintothedbuilttheirsamongitsfriezesas—suresignofsolitarinessaion.
Whehenamesihebahoseofmenscatteredfaraheworld;sometossingupondistantseas;someunderarmsindistantlands;samemingliriguesofdets;allseekingtodeserveoioninthismansionofshadowyhonors:themelancholyrewardofamo.
Twosmallaislesoneachsideofthischapelpresentatoustayofthegraves;whigsdowntheoppressortoalevelwiththeoppressed,ahedustofthebitteresteher.IhesepulchreofthehaughtyElizabeth;iofhervictim,thelovelyandunfortunateMary.Notanhourisomeejaofpityisutteredoverthefateofthelatter,mihindignationatheroppressor.ThewallsofElizabeth’ssepultihthesighsofsympathyheavedatthegraveofherrival.
ApeculiarmelanchheaislewhereMaryliesburied.Thelightstrugglesdimlythroughwindowsdarke.Thegreaterpartofthepladeepshadow,andthewallsarestaiiimeaher.AmarblefigureofMaryisstretb,roundwhiir,muchcorrherhethistle.Iithwandering,andsatdowmyselfbytheminmymindtheddisastrousstoryofpoorMary.
Thesoundofcasualfootstepshadtheabbey.Ilyhear,nowahedistahepriestrepeatingtheevenihefaintrespohechoir,thesepausedforatime,andallwashushed.Thestillionandobscuritythatrevailingaround,gaveadeeperandmoresolemheplace.
Forigraveion,
Nojoyfultreadoffriends,novoiceoflovers,
her’ssel—nothing’sheard,
Fis,butalloblivion,
Dustandanendlessdarkness.
正值深秋时节,这时的天气让人感觉冷清而忧郁,早晨的阴影几乎和傍晚的相接,这更给岁末衰落的气氛笼罩了一层灰蒙蒙的色彩。
就是在这样的一天,我一个人在威斯敏斯特教堂走了几个小时。
在这古老的建筑群中,有一种凄凉的感觉与这个季节的色调刚好吻合。
我跨进门槛,似乎一脚迈进了古老的年代,将自己融入久远之前的夜色中。
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