Daffodils: William Wordsworth

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 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.

Summary: In this poem, ‘Daffodils,’ the poet William Wordsworth describes about the beauty of nature. Once, alone, he was wandering beside a lake. That time a cloud was floating in the sky over valleys and hills. Suddenly he saw a field of golden daffodils beside the lake under the trees. The airy breeze made them wave and dance. They stretch all along the shore till the stars shine and twinkle on the milky way. Though the waves of the lake danced beside the daffodils, the daffodils beat the waves in delight. In this situation, the poet became happy with a joyful company of daffodils. He stared and stared but did not understand the value of the scene. But now when is bored or melancholy, he often thinks of them. The memory of their beauty fills his heart with pleasure.