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The Worlds of Gilbert and Sullivan

This famous poem by William Wordsworth was written when he was visiting London in 1802. It has become a firm favourite of people around the world. Set in a time when the great maritime nation's ships of both Merchant Fleet and Royal Navy were all under sail (the age of steam was still around the corner). The Pool of London was full of ships' tall masts. The docks were still to come. No high-rise flats, and Wren's churches could be seen to greater advantage than they can today.

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

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.
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!

And now let's follow William to see a Kitten at Play . . .

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