I wander’d 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 stretch’d 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.
創作背景
這首詩寫於詩人從法國回來不久。詩人帶著對自由的向往去了法國，參加一些革命活動。但法國革命沒有帶來預期的結果，隨之而來的是混亂。詩人的失望和所受的打擊是可想而知的，後在他的妹妹和朋友的幫助下，情緒才得以艱難地恢複。這首詩就寫於詩人的心情平靜之後不久。
