Bridge in September

"Westminster Bridge,'' by Joseph Farrington, 1789 (the original bridge, opened in 1750), replaced in 1862.

"Westminster Bridge,'' by Joseph Farrington, 1789 (the original bridge, opened in 1750), replaced in 1862.

 

"Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!''

"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge,'September 3, 1802,'' by William Wordsworth

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