{"id":34496,"date":"2016-06-23T14:19:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T20:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=34496"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:19:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T20:19:54","slug":"i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/06\/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud.html","title":{"rendered":"“I wandered lonely as a cloud”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Ullswater,<\/a>
Ullswater, just a short distance from where we\u2019re staying.
(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One of William Wordsworth\u2019s most famous poems is \u201cI wandered lonely as a cloud,\u201d which was inspired by a field of daffodils on the shore of Ullswater, here in England\u2019s legendary \u201cLake District\u201d:<\/p>\n

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I wandered lonely as a cloud<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
That floats on high o\u2019er vales and hills,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
When all at once I saw a crowd,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
A host, of golden daffodils;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Continuous as the stars that shine<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
And twinkle on the milky way,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
They stretched in never-ending line<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Along the margin of a bay:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The waves beside them danced; but they<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
A poet could not but be gay,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
In such a jocund company:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
I gazed\u2014and gazed\u2014but little thought<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
What wealth the show to me had brought:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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For oft, when on my couch I lie<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
In vacant or in pensive mood,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
They flash upon that inward eye<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Which is the bliss of solitude;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
And then my heart with pleasure fills,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
And dances with the daffodils.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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For images (including video) of Ullswater and fields of daffodils, see\u00a0http:\/\/www.visitcumbria.com\/pen\/daffodils-glencoyne-bay\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England<\/p>\n

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