I wandered lonely as a cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud
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 stretch''d 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 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.