Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Daffodils

In honor of my favorite poem, and the urging of my very good friend, I've created a blog to reflect on my own experiences so that I can remember them as clearly as Wordsworth remember his Daffodils.



Daffodils
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.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of the bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in a 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 --- with 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.

4 comments:

  1. Yea! I knew I could get you to start a blog! You are the PERFECT canidate! I am so excited!

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  2. Hey glad to see you on here. We have a blog as well. so check us out sometime. Excited to see you this weekend. Love ya,Wendy

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  3. Oh, and who is this very good friend? She sounds awesome!

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  4. I'm excited to see you have a blog! (Now, if we can only get Lisa to start one...).

    Stop by our blog sometime too: http://meltonsales.blogspot.com/

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