Friday, April 16, 2010

"Daffodils"

"Daffodils" by William Wordsworth is one of the other poems I love.

William Wordsworth was a great romantic poem and this poem reminds us of happiness and joy in life that nature brings to us. We should take time out of our busy lives to appreciate the beauty of nature.

Here goes the poem ( source: http://www.poetry-online.org )

"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 leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
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 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."

A bit of analysis of the poem can be found here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They flash upon that inward eye....beautiful