The Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Wordsworth read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\nThe Daffodils\nby William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)\n\nI wander'd lonely as a cloud \nThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, \nWhen all at once I saw a crowd, \nA host of golden daffodils, \nBeside the lake, beneath the trees, \nFluttering and dancing in the breeze. \n \nContinuous as the stars that shine \nAnd twinkle on the Milky Way, \nThey stretch'd in never-ending line \nAlong the margin of a bay: \nTen thousand saw I at a glance, \nTossing their heads in sprightly dance. \n \nThe waves beside them danced, but they \nOutdid the sparkling waves in glee:\u2014 \nA poet could not but be gay \nIn such a jocund company! \nI gazed, and gazed, but little thought \nWhat wealth the show to me had brought: \n \nFor oft, when on my couch I lie \nIn vacant or in pensive mood, \nThey flash upon that inward eye \nWhich is the bliss of solitude; \nAnd then my heart with pleasure fills, \nAnd dances with the daffodils.