Daffodils, William Wordsworth

One of my favorite poems!
Daffodils

I wandered lonly as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Besides 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;
Then thousands saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
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 a 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