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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。
我是从威斯敏斯特学校的内庭进去的,穿过一道低矮的有着弧顶的长廊,感觉像是在隧道里。
周围是厚厚的墙壁,墙上的小孔透出丝丝光线,这里反而显得更加幽暗了。
穿过这道长廊,我可以远远地望见前方的拱廊,一个上了年纪的教堂司事,身着黑色长袍,正从阴影里走过,那模样就像是一个刚刚从附近墓中爬出来的幽灵。
这条路正是古修道院的遗址,景色分外凄凉,我的思绪因此陷入了庄严的沉思默想之中。
这条道路一如既往地寂静,与世隔绝。
灰色的墙壁因为受到潮湿空气的侵蚀,早已褪了色,而且由于年代久远,也逐渐呈现出衰败的迹象。
墙壁上覆盖了一层灰白的苔衣,让人无法辨认清楚上面的碑文、骷髅像和各种丧葬的标志。
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