I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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;
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 I saw 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.
This beautiful poem captures
the poet's encounter with a field of daffodils and the lasting impact of that
scene on his heart and memory. It's a celebration of nature's beauty and the
joy it can bring to the human spirit.