 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...  An eighth reader - Page 83by William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 488 pages
...alluded to were these: " 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...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." "... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 506 pages
...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...to me had brought : ' For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They fash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude ; And... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...'SfhtJ.y dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves iu £ l.^e : — main It lies far hidden from the reach of words. Points have we all of us within our souls ihr-u<$tit What wealth the show to me had For oft, when on my couch I lie Jn vacant or in pensive mood,... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pages
...heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company...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 *."... | |
 | George Searle Phillips - 1852 - 314 pages
...waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but feel gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed...passive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which if the bliss of solitude ; And then my heart with pleasure fills', And dances with the daffodils."... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...In such a joyful company : I gazed — and gazed — but little thought What wealth to me the show had brought. For oft when on my couch I lie, In vacant...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. Wordsworth.... | |
 | 1853 - 80 pages
...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...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. To... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company...wealth the show to me had brought. For oft, when on the couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...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...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. W.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 350 pages
...sprightly dance. ("'>'«' The waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company...little thought What wealth the show to me had brought f • , . f, . For oft when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, . < They flash upon that... | |
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