Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth
Wordsworth read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\n\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\nUpon Westminster Bridge \nby William Wordsworth\n\nEarth has not anything to show more fair: \nDull would he be of soul who could pass by \nA sight so touching in its majesty: \nThis City now doth like a garment wear \nThe beauty of the morning; silent, bare, \nShips, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie \nOpen unto the fields, and to the sky; \nAll bright and glittering in the smokeless air. \nNever did sun more beautifully steep \nIn his first splendour valley, rock, or hill; \nNe'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! \nThe river glideth at his own sweet will: \nDear God! the very houses seem asleep;\nAnd all that mighty heart is lying still!\n\nFor a good commentary on this, see:\nhttp://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/Wordsw.htm