I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud
--by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloudy
That floats on high o'er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering & dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle in the milky way,
They steatched 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 veside 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 brougt:

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.

(From the Text Book in class 11-12)