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02.02.2008 :: 33. "I wandered lonely as a cloud" ~ William Wordsworth
Margene reminded me that it's not only Groundhog day, today is the 3rd annual silent poetry reading!. I'm sorry for the repeat, but I cannot resist posting my favorite poem for today!
(raindrops on daffodil photo taken last spring)
I Wandered Lonely As a CloudI 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 shineAnd 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 theyOutdid 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 lieIn 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 (1807)
Actual clouds wandering in my sky this morning.
Posted by Sandy on 02.02.2008 AT 09:53 AM
Comments
Mmmm, lovely. :)
Posted by: Norma on 02.02.2008 AT 01:16 PM
A very, very beautiful sky you have today! The sky here is a bit hazy but at least it's blue (for a short time).
XOX
Posted by: margene on 02.02.2008 AT 12:33 PM
It's one of my favorite poems, too, but alas, I cannot read it without being reminded of a Monty Python sketch wherein they are having a Victorian poetry reading and all the "Prams" have something about ants in them.
It's pretty funny. If you like British humor.
I love the daffodil photo.
http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode41.htm#7
Posted by: Mary in Boston on 02.02.2008 AT 11:21 AM
Boy, a repeat poem AND a repeat photo? Jeez, why did I even bother?
(grin)
Only kidding! How can you complain about Wordsworth?
Posted by: --Deb on 02.02.2008 AT 10:19 AM
One of my favorites, too!
Posted by: melanie on 02.02.2008 AT 01:49 PM