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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.

—William Wordworth

Word Meanings

vales valleys or low-lying areas between hills or mountains

host a large number or multitude of something

daffodils a type of flower with a yellow or white flower head and a
trumpet-shaped central corona

margin the edge or border of something, often used to refer to the
edge of a body of water like a bay or lake
twinkle to shine with a flickering or blinking light

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