112 THE SHAKESPEARE GARDEN 



is said to take the rhythmic steps of the dance with 

 charming manner. 



We get a hint for this also in Wordsworth's poem : 



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 yellow daffodils; 



Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 



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 the 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 would not be but 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. 



No one can read this poem without feeling that 

 the dancing daffodils "take the winds of March with 



