... 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... Graded Lessons in Spelling - Page 192by William Coligny Doub - 1907 - 266 pagesFull view - About this book
| Life-lights - 1864 - 348 pages
...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,...And dances with the daffodils. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1770-1850. EARLY PIETY. BY cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be eader came ; The nobler natnre within him stirred...hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on ! DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; A« yet the early-rising sun Has... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...thought What wealth the show to me had brought. For oft, when on my couth I lie, In vacant or in pensive way ; Still feel the breeze down Ettrick break, DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1874 - 200 pages
...waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : — A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed...And dances with the daffodils. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. THE RHODORA: ON BRING ASKRD) WHRNCR is THE FLOWBR? TN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, •*-... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...gay In such a jocund company: I gazed, and gazed, but little thought What wealth the show to me liad brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant...pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is llie lili-s of solitude;' And then my heart with pleasure tills, And dances with the daffodils.... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...such a jocund company ! I gazed — and gazed — but little thought What wealth the show to melind 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 ; i And dances with the daffodils.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...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 ; I gazed — and gazed...And dances with the daffodils. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has... | |
| Choice poems - English poetry - 1879 - 206 pages
...danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund1 company. I gazed, and gazed, but little thought What...And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth: 1770-1850. (See page 52.) TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...thought What wealth the show to me had brought. For oft, when on my conch I lie, In vacant or in pensive inter, ruler of the inverted year. 1 love thee, nil...as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art ! T/u Tajt DAFFODILS. FAIRE dafladills, we weep to see You haste away so sooiie ; As yet the early-rising sun... | |
| American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...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 ; I gazed, and gazed,...And dances with the daffodils. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 312 OUR POETICAL FAVORITES. Indian Names. YE say they all have passed away, That noble race and brave,... | |
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