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Composed upon Westminster Bridge

Author: William Wordsworth Year: 1807 Length: 459 characters Difficulty: medium Public domain

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Earth has not any thing to shew more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in it's 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 splendor valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

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This sonnet was printed in Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807, with the date 3 September 1803 in its title. Dorothy Wordsworth's journal places the crossing of the bridge on 31 July 1802, so the printed date is disputed. The 1807 text keeps the older spelling shew, which modern reprints usually change. Wikisource carries that original printing.

About this text

This sonnet was printed in Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807, with the date 3 September 1803 in its title. Dorothy Wordsworth's journal places the crossing of the bridge on 31 July 1802, so the printed date is disputed. The 1807 text keeps the older spelling shew, which modern reprints usually change. Wikisource carries that original printing.

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A sonnet with heavy punctuation at the line ends, useful for training colon and semicolon without slowing down.

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