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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 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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COMPOSED UPON THE BEACH NEAR
CALAIS
AUGUST, 1802

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free: A
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun B
Is sinking down in its tranquillity;

The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea. A5
Listen! the mighty Being is awake, B
And doth with his eternal motion make B
A sound like thunder-everlastingly.A

Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me

here, e

If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, 10 d
Thy nature is not therefore less divine: e
Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year;
And worship'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not. d.

"THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US" (1806)

The world is too much with us: late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The sea that bares her bosom to the moon;

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