I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hill's
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 heir 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 z, 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.
Author -
William wordsworth [1770-1850 ]