Mrs Wee's Favourites

I Wandered Lonely as A Cloud
 - William Wordsworth 		 
I wandered lonely 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;
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 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.
Comments by Mrs Wee:
I love the way the poet manages to paint such a beautiful picture with mere words. When reading this poem, I can simply close my eyes and dream of being a cloud, perhaps even smell the daffodils. Can you?