Lyric Poem · Nature
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
by William Wordsworth · 1807
1I wandered lonely as a cloud
2That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
3When all at once I saw a crowd,
4A host, of golden daffodils;
5Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
6Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
7Continuous as the stars that shine
8And twinkle on the milky way,
9They stretched in never-ending line
10Along the margin of a bay:
11Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
12Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
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Quick facts
- Poem
- I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
- Poet
- William Wordsworth
- Published
- 1807
- Length
- 24 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Rhyming Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Happiness
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- Shape
- 24 lines · 4 sestets
- Line length
- Mostly 8-syllable lines (tetrameter length).
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- Author record
- William Wordsworth1770–1850
- Source record
- PoetryDBI Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by william-wordsworth, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1807
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 62bdb8b86fb34f95…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.