I wandered lonely as a cloudbr That floats on high o'er vales and hills,br When all at once I saw a crowd,br A host, of golden daffodils;br Beside the lake, beneath the trees,br Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.br br Continuous as the stars that shinebr And twinkle on the milky way,br They stretched in never-ending linebr Along the margin of a bay:br Ten thousand saw I at a glance,br Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.br br The waves beside them danced; but theybr Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:br A poet could not but be gay,br In such a jocund company:br I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtbr What wealth the show to me had brought:br br For oft, when on my couch I liebr In vacant or in pensive mood,br They flash upon that inward eyebr Which is the bliss of solitude;br And then my heart with pleasure fills,br And dances with the daffodils.