I Wandered Lonely as a CloudWith a nod toWILLIAMWORDSWORTH and...

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

With a nod toWILLIAMWORDSWORTH and darkstone

I wandered lonely as a trend

That floats on high o'er peaks and troughs,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden PSLs;

Besidethe lake, beneath the trees,

Flutteringand 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 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 chartist could then make hay

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 charts I dwell

In vacant or in pensive mood,

Darkstone lights my inward eye

To end my bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the PSLs.