“Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be o…”

“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 unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.”

— William Wordsworth

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Title: Wikiquote: William Wordsworth
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, l. 1 (wr. 1802; pub. 1807)

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Wordsworth, William. (n.d.). Wikiquote: William Wordsworth. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth

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