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Daffodils 



I>v William Wordsworth. 



I wandered lonely as a cloud 



That float.s on high o'er vales and hills, 



W hen all at once I saw a crowd, 



A host, of golden daffodils ; 



Be.-^ide the lake, beneath the trees, 



I'luttering 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 saw I at a glance. 

 Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. 



The waves beside them danced, but they 



Outdid 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. 



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