POEM OF THE DAY

Source:  Carte de Visite - Foto 5,9 x 8,2 cm.

Author: nach einem Gemälde von P.Krämer, herausgegeben von Friedrich Bruckmann Villag 

München London

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

“The Daffodil” is here out of compliment 

to a splendid school and a splendid teacher 

at Poughkeepsie. I found the pupils learning 

the poem, the teacher having placed a bunch 

of daffodils in a vase before them. It was a

 charming lesson. (1770-96.)

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

Outdid 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, 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.

William Wordsworth