Daffodils
by William
Wordsworth
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| 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, |
Fluttering and dancing in the
breeze.
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| Continuous as the stars that
shine |
| And twinkle on the
Milky Way, |
| They stretched in never-ending
line |
| Along the margin of
the bay: |
| Ten thousand saw I at a glance, |
Tossing their heads in sprightly
dance.
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| William Wordsworth | Classic
Poems
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[ Composed Upon Westminster Bridge September 3 ] [ Daffodils ] [ The Prelude ] [ Lucy ] [ Intimations of immortality ] [ The Solitary Reaper ] [ The world is too much with us ] [ My heart leaps up when I behold ] [ Milton ] [ Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg ] |
