<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390288" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>An Experience</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I entered through an arched doorway, <br>and walked slowly down the nave, <br>my footsteps sounding hollow<br>on the worn stone floor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a feeling of awe, I looked upwards, <br>and beheld such wonders.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Multiple creations of architectural beauty, <br>in the meticulously carved vaulted ceiling, <br>built centuries ago, <br>with such exquisite care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It took my breath away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dominance of the high altar, <br>resplendent in its ornamentation<br>and delicate tapestries.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Effigies of past Saints and knights, <br>ranged along the side aisles, <br>sculptured in stone, <br>standing or reclining on plinths, <br>regal and silent.<br>Frozen in time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I felt alone in this vast structure, <br>even though people were drifting quietly past me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Locating a chair I sat down, <br>breathing in the atmosphere, <br>and finding that I was held in a vacuum of power, <br>piety and purity, <br>which gave me the notion that this place, <br>was strangely mesmeric.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The vision of the Architect, the skills of the builders, <br>the dedication of the ecclesiastics, <br>all showing man's ability to achieve.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His Cathedral, <br>a towering commemoration to God, <br>and an amazing place to leave one's spiritual thoughts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390288" data-title="An Experience de Ernestine Northover" data-description="I entered through an arched doorway, and walked slowly down the nave, my footsteps sounding hollow on the worn stone floor. With a feeling of awe, I looked upwards, and beheld such wonders. Multiple creations of architectural beauty, in the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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