I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

William Wordsworth

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1770 to 1850

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

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