Poems you ought to know . Lifel I know not what thou art,But know that thou and I must part;And when, or how, or where we metI own to me s a secret yet. Life! weve been long togetherThrough pleasant and through clou^X weather;Tis hard to part when friends are dear—Perhaps t will cost a sigh, a tear;Then steal away, give little thine own time;Say not Good night, but in somebrighter climeBid me Good morning. i6i. THE DAFFODILS. BY WILLIAM WOBDSWORTH. I wandered, lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils,Bes
Poems you ought to know . Lifel I know not what thou art,But know that thou and I must part;And when, or how, or where we metI own to me s a secret yet. Life! weve been long togetherThrough pleasant and through clou^X weather;Tis hard to part when friends are dear—Perhaps t will cost a sigh, a tear;Then steal away, give little thine own time;Say not Good night, but in somebrighter climeBid me Good morning. i6i. THE DAFFODILS. BY WILLIAM WOBDSWORTH. I wandered, lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils,Beside the lake, beneath the and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way. They stretchd in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay; Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but theyOutdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gayIn such jocund company! I gazed—and gazed—^but little thought What wealth to me the show had brought; For oft, when on my couch I HeIn vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. 162 SONG ON MAY MORNING. BY JOHN MILTON. John Milton was born at London in 1608. At 16 he went to ChristsCollege, Cambridge, and there wrote his Ode on the Nativit
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