I Wondered Lonely As a cloud

I Wondered Lonely As a cloud

I wondered lonely as a cloud

That floats high over 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.

Continues as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way

They stretched in never ending line

Along the margin of bay;

Ten thousand saw I at a glance

Tossing their heads in spiritually 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 like

In vacant or in pensive mood

They flashed upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of salute;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

              And dances with the daffodil                                                          William Wordsworth