Viewed in passing from a tour boat destined for Greenwich, England, past participants have delighted in the splendour of a bridge that ages the cosmopolitian city of London. Nearly 2,000 years old, London was originally inhabited by the Celts of the Bronze Age. As the original Londoners, the Celts lived primitively in what was then a rural London landscape along the banks of the River Thames. Twelve feet lower then it is today, the river, meaning "Bright Water" in Celtic, served as a major source of food as well as the main highway. The port city was termed Londinium by the Romans, who settled the area to the north of the River Thames in 43 A.D. and built a bridge connecting what is now, Southwark, to the north bank of the river at what is now, Monument. Though this bridge was later torn down by the Vikings, it was re-established and is now called London Bridge, its namesake derivitive of its historical and current presence. Tower Bridge as well as the numerous bridges located along the River Thames have long been sung and written about. A video clip of the children's song London Bridge can be heard by clicking on the photograph above. Two poems composed on one of the many bridges along the River Thames about London or the river are located below.