St Mary the Virgin Church, Petworth
SET in a quintessential English townI feel the rhythm of eight hundred yearsand hear horses' hoves pounding the squareswhere hawkers once sold their many wares:your walls reverberate the whispered prayersencapsulating all the human cares.
Rooted in the countryside
Petworth will never lose its mystical charm
for Mary protects it from all harm
and every bird is singing psalms
while nature feels unfolding calm
and sleeps in peace in the Creator's arms.
Carole Marie Irvine
On moving to Petworth and feeling a sense of magical antiquity