 | William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 pages
...Westminster A sight so touching in its majesty : Bridge This City now doth, like a garment, wear aept 3, 1802 The beauty of the morning : silent, bare, Ships, towers,...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... | |
 | 1829 - 348 pages
...me at thy farewell, joyous bark ! COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Earth has not any thing to shew more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass...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... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...SONNET. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. S, 1803. [WORDSWORTH.] EARTH has not any thing to shew more fair. Dull would he be of soul who could pass...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...touching in its majesty: This city now doth like a garment wear [bare, The beauty of the morning; silent. Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open...sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still! TO THE CUCKOO. 0 BLITHE new-comer! I have heard, 1 hear... | |
 | English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...194 103 .WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1803. EARTH has not any thing to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could...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... | |
 | 1833 - 742 pages
...he produced the following sonnet, COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Earth has not anything to shew more fair. Dull would he be of soul who could pass...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... | |
 | Thomas Moule - Great Britain - 1834 - 382 pages
...be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : The city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...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... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 532 pages
...will give a specimen or two. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1803. Earth has not any thing to show more fair ; Dull would he be of soul who could...beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or bill ; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his own sweet will ! Dear God... | |
 | English essays - 1835 - 742 pages
...Jt'estmiaster Bridge. Earth has not anything to shew more fair : Dull would he be the soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty ; This city now...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... | |
 | Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 530 pages
...think, an echo to them in the following specimen of the metre of the sonnet: " Earth has not any thing to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could...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... | |
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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... 
