I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by Williams Wordsworth :

I

wandered

lonely as a cloud
That

floats

on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering

and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And

twinkle

on the milky way,
They

stretched

in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing

their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the

sparkling

waves in glee:
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company:
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They

flash

upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And

dances

with the daffodils.

< home >