66 Narcissus anir jSaffoiril. 
The waves beside them danced, but they 
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; 
A poet could not but be gay 
In such a joyful company: 
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought 
What wealth to me the show 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. 
Wordsworth. 
Nature’s laws must be obeyed, 
And this is one she strictly laid 
On every soul which she has made, 
Down from our earliest mother: 
Be self your first and greatest care, 
From all reproach the darling spare, 
And any blame that she should bear, 
Put off upon another. 
Miss Gould. 
The pale Narcissus 
Still feeds upon itself; but, newly blown, 
The nymphs will pluck it from its tender stalk, 
And say, “Go, fool, and to thy image talk.” 
Lord Thurlow. 
