| 1 |
I wandered lonely as
a cloud |
| 2 |
That floats on high
o'er vales and hills, |
| 3 |
When all at once I
saw a crowd, |
| 4 |
A host of golden
daffodils |
| 5 |
Beside
the lake, beneath
the trees, |
| 6 |
Fluttering
and dancing in
the breeze.
|
| 7 |
Continuous as
the
stars that
shine |
| 8 |
And twinkle on the
milky way,
|
| 9 |
They stretched in
never-ending line
|
| 10 |
Along the margin of a
bay:
|
| 11 |
Ten thousand saw I at
a glance,
|
| 12 |
Tossing their heads
in sprightly dance.
|
| 13 |
The waves beside them
danced; but they
|
| 14 |
Outdid the sparkling
waves in glee;
|
| 15 |
A poet could not but
be gay,
|
| 16 |
In such
a jocund company;
|
| 17 |
I gazed - and gazed -
but little thought
|
| 18 |
What wealth the show
to me had brought:
|
| 19 |
For oft, when on my
couch I lie
|
| 20 |
In vacant or in
pensive mood,
|
| 21 |
They flash upon that
inward eye
|
| 22 |
Which
is the bliss
of solitude;
|
| 23 |
And then my heart
with pleasure fills;
|
| 24 |
And dances with the
daffodils.
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