composed upon westminster bridge, 15 feb 2011 ;-)

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;font size="+1");u)William Wordsworth (1770-1850);/u);/font);p)
;B)COMPOSED UPON WESTMIN-;BR)
STER BRIDGE, S;font size=-1)EPT. 3, 1802;/font);/B);P)
;font size=-1)Written on the roof of a coach, on my way;/font);BR)
;font size=-1)to France.;/font);P)

;P) E;font size=-2)ARTH;/font) has not anything to show more fair:
;BR) Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
;BR) A sight so touching in its majesty:
;BR) This City now doth, like a garment, wear
;BR) The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
;BR) Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
;BR) Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
;BR) All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
;BR) Never did sun more beautifully steep
;BR) In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
;BR) Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
;BR) The river glideth at his own sweet will:
;BR) Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
;BR) And all that mighty heart is lying still!
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The above poem can found in:
;LI)Wordsworth, William. ;I)The Complete Poetical Works of Wordsworth;/I).
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1932.
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Construction of the original Westminster Bridge in London was begun in 1739 and completed in 1750.
Construction of the current bridge began in 1854 and was completed in 1862.
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