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 a sprightly dance.
The waves
beside them danced, but they
Out-did
the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet
could not but be gay,
In such
a jocund company:
I gazed
– and gazed – but little thought
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. |