It is a new bridge, built in 1864. Canaletto painted the old one, and reminds us that the most notable buildings Saint Thomas's Hospital on the South side, and the Houses of Parliament on the North side, were not there when Wordsworth wrote his poem. The old houses of Parliament were burned to a crisp in 1839 - Turner has a painting. No London Eye of course, and no Charing Cross (North Side) and Waterloo (South side) Stations. Actually I think all these new buildings are quite splendid, though I don't know whether Wordsworth, a bit of an old fogey even in his younger days, would have approved. Google away, friends. You can write a sonnet without ever having SEEN the thing, can't you?
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