In King's College Chapel

William Wordsworth

They dreamt not of a perishable home
Who thus could build. Be mine, in hours of fear
Or grovelling thought, to seek a refuge here;
Or through the aisles of Westminster to roam;
Where bubbles burst, and folly's dancing foam
Melts, if it cross the threshold; where the wreath
Of awe-struck wisdom droops: or let my path
Lead to that younger pile, whose sky-like dome
Hath typified by reach of daring art
Infinity's embrace; whose guardian crest.
The silent cross, among the stars shall spread
As now, when she hath also seen her breast
Filled with mementos, satiate with its part
Of grateful England's overflowing dead.

The Gothic Chapel of King's College, part of Cambridge University, is world-famous.

As a university town, Cambridge in England is, predictably, well-mapped in poetry. So to is Cambridge, Massachussetts. Poetry Atlas has collected many poems about both Cambridges.


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King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

The magnificent interior of King's College Chapel in Cambridge

The romantic poet William Wordsworth