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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 a never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay: wander : to walk aimlessly

Ten thousand saw I at a glance, fluttering : wave irregularly
sprightly : full of energy
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. glee : great delight

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:

jocund : cheerful
For oft, when on my couch I lie pensive : engaged in deep or

In vacant or in pensive mood, serious thoughts
bliss : supreme happiness
They flash upon that inward eye
solitude : loneliness
Which is the bliss of solitude ;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

–William Wordsworth

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