Upon Westminster Bridge Text

POETRY : WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [1770-1850]

Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 : Text

Full Text with Important Word-notes

Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 : William Wordsworth [1770-1850]

Westminster Bridge

Earth has not any thing 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!

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Important Word-notes

fair (adj.) : beautiful, fine 

dull (adj.) : lacking interest, uninteresting, devoid of sense of beauty 

soul (n.) : inner being, spirit

pass by (v.) : go by, ignore 

sight (n.) : scene 

touching (adj.) : moving, impressive 

majesty (n.) : royalty 

doth (v.) : old form of 'does' (poetical use) 

garment (n.) : an item of clothing, dress 

wear (v.) : be dressed in 

bare (adj.) : desolate, empty 

glittering (v.) : sparkling, shining 

smokeless (adj.) : emitting no smoke, pollution free

steep (v.) : focus, shine 

splendour (n.) : bright light, brightness 

felt (v. p. of feel) : sensed 

calm (n.) : peacefulness, tranquillity

glideth (v.) : glides (poetical use) flows smoothly 

will (n.) : will power

mighty (adj.) : powerful, great

still (adj.) : motionless

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