I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: The Poet William Wordsworth says that wandering like a cloud floating above hills and valleys, and Wordsworth encountered a field of daffodils beside a lake.

The Poet says that a poem could not help but be happy in a joyful company of flowers. The poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ Published in 1807.

Poem Text: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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 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 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 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.

The Poet

William Wordsworth was a romanticist Poet in the Victorian Era. He has given the world of English literature some of the most beautiful pieces of writings. Wordsworth is considered one of the best poets of all times.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: Summary

Wordsworth says that he stared and stared, but did not realize what wealth the scene would bring with him. For now, whenever he feels “pensive” or “vacant,”  the memory flashes upon his heart fills with pleasure, “and dances with the daffodils,” and “that inward eye / That is the bliss of solitude.”