"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" By: William Wordsworth

"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" By: William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vaqles 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

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

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

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

___William Wordsworth

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From the book "Poems for Life" Celebrities Choose Their Favorite Poem and Say Why It Inspired Them.

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Dear Leslie,

Thank you for your letter of April 24th. I think your class project sounds wonderful and I hope it is an enormous success.

My favorite poem is "The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth because it is light - hearted and gy and brings to mind such beautiful images. In the spring, my garden is filled with golden daffodils which are a glorious sight to behold, and when the winter comes, I can close my eyes and see them "fluttering and dancing in the breeze" and my heart is uplifted and filled with joy. I have enclosed a copy of the poem for your book.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Vincent Astor (poem submitted by)