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May 16, 20211 min

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) by William 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 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.

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