William Wordsworth: THE DAFFODILS
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
X
sound:
Daffodils,Derek Godfrey.mp3
That floats on high
o'er vales and hills, X
sound:
Daffodils,Wordsworth.mp3 (W.E.P.)
When all at once I saw a crowd,
X
sound:
Daffodils,M.Jackson-style.mp3
A host, of golden daffodils,
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Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
plus:
cartoon
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
10 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:
15 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
20 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.
ANNOTATIONS:
daffodils [German]: gelbe Narzissen — 2 floats sails through the air — o'er over — vales valleys — 4 host great number in good order— 6 breeze light wind — 8 twinkle shine with changing intensity of light — 10 margin edge, small strip of land along ... — 12 tossing throwing up — sprightly full of life and movement — 14 out-did did (it) better than ... — sparkling shining with short sudden brightness — glee feeling of intense joy — 6 jocund cheerful — 17 gazed looked long and steadily — 20 vacant empty of thoughts — pensive full of deep thoughts — mood state of the mind — 21 flash come as quickly and brightly as lightning — 22 bliss perfect happiness sent by heaven.
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