COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

Sept. 3, 1802

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 steepIn 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!

Earth has not anything to show more fair:Dull would he be of soul who could pass byA sight so touching in its majesty:This City now doth like a garment wear

1st quatrain

ABBA

In this first quatrain,the author is admiring the city of London upon the bridge.

2nd quatrain

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.

ABBA

Here the author is describing the beauty of London at 6 o'clock in the morning.

1st tercetNever did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendour valley, rock, or hill;Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

CDC

In this tercet the author is describing how the sun shines and talking about his own feelings.

2nd tercetThe river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!

DCD

In the last tercet the author is describing the river Thames and the calmness around it.