. Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers . 63. THE DAFFODILS. 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 trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched 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 they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but b

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. Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers . 63. THE DAFFODILS. 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 trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched 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 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:

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