The chalice was suspended in the air <br />Like the golden sun for a splendid moment. <br />Here only Greek should be heard: <br />To take the whole world in your hands, like a simple apple. <br /> <br />The triumphal zenith of the service, <br />Light in a round room under a cupola in July, <br />So outside of time we could fully sigh <br />About that meadow, where time doesn't fly. <br /> <br />The Eucharist drags on like an eternal noon -- <br />Everyone takes the Sacrament, performs, and sings, <br />In view of everyone the sacred vessel <br />Pours out with inexhaustible rejoicing.<br /><br />Osip Emilevich Mandelstam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-chalice-was-suspended-in-the-air/
