The Daffodils
The Daffodils Author 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, Fluttring and dancing in the breeze Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch in a never-ending line Along the marjin of a bay; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparking waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such 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 pensive mood, They flash upon that in ward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasures fill, And dances with the daffodils.