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Poems on the Underground

            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!

W. Wordsworth
CCXLV. Upon Westminster Bridge, 
Sept. 3, 1802

La terra non ha nulla da mostrare di più bello; 
insensibile sarebbe d'anima colui che riuscisse a ignorare 
una visione così toccante nella sua maestosità. 
Questa città ora come un abito indossa  
la bellezza del mattino: silenziosi, nudi, 
navi, torri, palazzi, teatri e templi giacciono 
aperti sui campi, e sul cielo. 
Tutti luminosi e brillanti nell'aria senza fumo. 
Mai il sole in modo più bello inondò 
nel suo primo splendore valle, roccia o collina; 
mai vidi, mai provai, una calma così profonda. 
Il fiume scorre secondo la sua dolce volontà: 
oh Dio! Le case stesse sembrano addormentate; 
e tutto quel cuore possente giace immobile.
Trad. Lorenza Sartori
   

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