Composed upon Westminster Bridge

by William Wordsworth (1807) — a poem card from Justes Mots

A whole city caught asleep and shining in the early light — earth has not anything to show more fair.

Earth has not any thing to shew 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.…

Themes: reflection