| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...thousand saw I at a glancer J-- Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee :— A Poet...gazed — and gazed — but little thought What wealth the shew to me had brought : For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, *They flash... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...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...company : I gazed — and gazed — but little thought \\ hat wealth the shew to me had brought >r oft when on my couch I lie ^ant or in pensive mood, >Vi... | |
| Wales - 1853 - 1162 pages
...bay ; Ten thousand saw 1 at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside tbem danced, hut they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee...jocund company; I gazed, and gazed, but little thought Wbat wealth the show to me had brought. For oft. when on my couch 1 lie In vacant or in pensive mood,... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...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...gazed — and gazed — but little thought What wealth the shew to me had brought : H 4' For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...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...— and gazed. — but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought : E 3 For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...them danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: — A Poet could not but be gay In inch the scene : [A mirror in the depth of flowery shelves!) the shew to me had brought For oft when on ray couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1836 - 368 pages
...The waves beside them danced ; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not be but 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... | |
| Elocution - 1840 - 322 pages
...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...— 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... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...host of daffodils which were " tossing their heads in sprightly dance !" Then he goes on to say, * "I gazed, and gazed, but little thought What wealth to me the show had brought. For ofl when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye, Which is... | |
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