Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept 3, 1802 William Wordsworth Summary While crossing over the Westminster Bridge in an early morning the poet discovers the majestic beauty of the city of London. It seems to him to be the most beautiful scene of the planet. He declares that you’d have to be someone with no spiritual sense and no taste for beauty to pass over the bridge without stopping to marvel the sight that is so touching in its majesty. The city is wearing the beauty of the morning like a garment. It is so early in the morning that everything around is very quiet and bare. Towers, domes, theatres, temples and ships that form the vast open landscape visible from the bridge, stand before him in all their grandeur in the soft morning light. There is no fog in the air to obscure the view. The valley, rock and hill shine brightly. The river is flowing undisturbed. The poet expresses his gratitude to god for his benign gift. The city is still blissfully asleep and soon it ...

LEELA’S FRIEND R. K. NARAYAN 1. a) When did Mr. Sivasanker subject Sidda to a scrutiny and what observation did he make? b) What did Sivasanker inquire of Sidda and what did Sidda reply? c) Why did Sivasanker call his wife and what observation did she make? d) “ and that decided it” – What was decided and how? e) On what conditions Sidda was appointed? a)          Sidda was hanging about the gate when Mr. Sivasanker was standing in the front veranda of his house. Sivasanker was brooding over the servant problem. As Sidda told him that he was looking for a job of a servant, Sivasanker asked him to come inside the gate and subjected him to a scrutiny.             To Mr. Sivasanker, Sidda didn’t seem to be a bad sort at any rate and he also looked tidy. b)          Sivasanker asked Sidda where he had been before, what his master’s name ...