Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

Written by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

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, theaters, 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!

威斯敏斯特桥上

威廉·华兹华斯 作 / 杨德豫 译

大地再没有比这儿更美的风貌：

若有谁，对如此壮丽动人的景物

竟无动于衷，那才是灵魂麻木；

瞧这座城市，像披上一领新袍，

披上了明艳的晨光；环顾周遭：

船舶、尖塔、 剧院、教堂、华屋，

都寂然、坦然， 向郊野、向天穹赤露，

在烟尘未染的大气里粲然闪耀。

旭日金辉洒布于峡谷山陵，

也不比这片晨光更为奇丽；

我何尝见过、 感受过这深沉的宁静！

河上徐流，由着自己的心意；

上帝呵！千门万户都沉睡未醒，

这整个宏大的心脏仍然在歇息！

该诗是华兹华斯十四行诗中的名篇，诗中描绘了英国伦敦清晨的生动图景，早晨的宁静催醒了诗人的情怀，诗的语言朴实自然，富有表现力。