I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (by 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. ontinuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the !ilky Way, They stretched in never"ending line Along the #argin of a bay$ Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in s%rightly dance. The waves beside the# danced, but they &ut"did the s%arkling waves in glee$ " A %oet could not but be gay In such a 'ocund co#%any$ I gazed "and gazed "but little thought What wealth the show to #e had brought. For oft, when on #y couch I lie In vacant or in %ensive #ood, They flash u%on that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude( And then #y heart with %leasure fills And dances with the daffodils.

Love (by William Wordsworth)

All Thoughts, all )assions, all *elights, Whatever stirs this #ortal Fra#e, All are but !inisters of +ove, And feed his sacred fla#e. &ft in #y waking drea#s do I +ive o'er again that ha%%y hour, When #idway on the !ount I lay Beside the ,uin'd Tower. The !oonshine stealing o'er the scene -ad blended with the +ights of .ve( And she was there, #y -o%e, #y /oy, !y own dear 0enevieve1 2he lean'd against the Ar#ed !an, The 2tatue of the Ar#ed 3night$ 2he stood and listen'd to #y -ar% A#id the ling'ring +ight. Few 2orrows hath she of her own, !y -o%e, #y /oy, #y 0enevieve1 2he loves #e best, whene'er I sing The 2ongs, that #ake her grieve. I %lay'd a soft and doleful Air, I sang an old and #oving 2tory"" An old rude 2ong that fitted well The ,uin wild and hoary. 2he listen'd with a flitting Blush, With downcast .yes and #odest 0race( For well she knew, I could not choose But gaze u%on her Face. I told her of the 3night, that wore 4%on his 2hield a burning Brand( And that for ten long 5ears he woo'd 6The +ady of the +and6. I told her, how he %in'd$ and, ah1 The low, the dee%, the %leading tone, With which I sang another's +ove, Inter%reted #y own. 2he listen'd with a flitting Blush, With downcast .yes and #odest 0race( And she forgave #e, that I gaz'd Too fondly on her Face1 But when I told the cruel scorn Which craz'd this bold and lovely 3night,

And that be cross'd the #ountain woods 7or rested day nor night( That so#eti#es fro# the savage *en, And so#eti#es fro# the darkso#e 2hade, And so#eti#es starting u% at once In green and sunny 0lade, There ca#e, and look'd hi# in the face, An Angel beautiful and bright( And that he knew, it was a Fiend, This #iserable 3night1 And that, unknowing what he did, -e lea%t a#id a #urd'rous Band, And sav'd fro# &utrage worse than *eath The +ady of the +and( And how she we%t and clas%'d his knees And how she tended hi# in vain"" And ever strove to e8%iate The 2corn, that craz'd his Brain And that she nurs'd hi# in a ave( And how his !adness went away When on the yellow forest leaves A dying !an he lay( -is dying words""but when I reach'd That tenderest strain of all the *itty, !y falt'ring 9oice and %ausing -ar% *isturb'd her 2oul with )ity1 All I#%ulses of 2oul and 2ense -ad thrill'd #y guileless 0enevieve, The !usic, and the doleful Tale, The rich and bal#y .ve( And -o%es, and Fears that kindle -o%e, An undistinguishable Throng1 And gentle Wishes long subdued, 2ubdued and cherish'd long1 2he we%t with %ity and delight, 2he blush'd with love and #aiden sha#e( And, like the #ur#ur of a drea#, I heard her breathe #y na#e. -er Boso# heav'd""she ste%%'d aside( As conscious of #y +ook, she ste%%'d"" Then suddenly with ti#orous eye 2he fled to #e and we%t. 2he half inclosed #e with her ar#s, 2he %ress'd #e with a #eek e#brace( And bending back her head look'd u%, And gaz'd u%on #y face.

'Twas %artly +ove, and %artly Fear, And %artly 'twas a bashful Art That I #ight rather feel than see The 2welling of her -eart. I cal#'d her Tears( and she was cal#, And told her love with virgin )ride. And so I won #y 0enevieve, !y bright and beauteous Bride1