Question

what does this mean. the city now doth like a garment wear

Answer 1

Here's the poem that includes that line.

"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802


by William Wordsworth

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!"
- http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15877#sthash.QQZw0nf7.dpuf

What do you think?

Answer 2

garment