text_original: Here were the graceful pointed arches of a Gothic cloister, side by side with the heavy Egyptian columns of a Saxon church; there, close by some pagan chieftain's citadel with its square towers, stood the crenellated fortress of a Chris  tian lord ; or, again, a stronghold crumbling with age, neighbored by a monastery ravaged by war.
text_transcription: HERE WERE THE GRACEFUL POINTED ARCHES OF A GOTHIC CLOISTER SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE HEAVY EGYPTIAN COLUMNS OF A SAXON CHURCH THERE CLOSED BY SOME PAGAN CHIEFTAIN'S CITADEL WITH ITS SQUARE TOWERS STOOD THE GRANULATED FORTRESS OF A CHRISTIAN LORD OR AGAIN A STRONGHOLD CRUMBLING WITH AGE LABORED BY A MONASTERY RAVAGED BY WAR
phonemes: hˈɪɹ wɜː ðə ɡɹˈeɪsfəl pˈɔɪntᵻd ˈɑːɹtʃᵻz əvə ɡˈɑːθɪk klˈɔɪstɚ, sˈaɪd baɪ sˈaɪd wɪððə hˈɛvi ɪdʒˈɪpʃən kˈɑːlʌmz əvə sˈæksən tʃˈɜːtʃ; ðˈɛɹ, klˈoʊs baɪ sˌʌm pˈeɪɡən tʃˈiːftənz sˈɪɾədˌɛl wɪð ɪts skwˈɛɹ tˈaʊɚz, stˈʊd ðə kɹˈɛnɪlˌeɪɾᵻd fˈɔːɹtɹəs əvə kɹˈɪs tjˈæn lˈɔːɹd ; ɔːɹ, ɐɡˈɛn, ɐ stɹˈɔŋhoʊld kɹˈʌmblɪŋ wɪð ˈeɪdʒ, nˈeɪbɚd baɪ ɐ mˈɑːnɐstɚɹi ɹˈævɪdʒd baɪ wˈɔːɹ.