...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...

...felt by the brother and sister, and entering into the mood with elemental glee Wordsworth exclaims: "A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company. " We can imagine Dorothy's vivid recital of this spring idyll to Mrs. Wordsworth, for she catches the...

...fluttering and dancing in the breeze beside the lake, and says— " 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 " ; and it is not till he has, as it were, reached the very essence of the natural loveliness before...

...thnotasantl saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them (lanced; 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 tome had brought: For oft, when on my couch...

...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, n such a jocund company: gazed—and gazed — but little thought hat wealth the show to me had brought:...

...of the becks, the fresh, clear atmosphere, and " the hare running races." One would think that — " A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company." A kindred mood is awakened in the Poet, but it is soon beclouded with " fears and fancies " which arise...

...of the becks, the fresh, clear atmosphere, and " the hare running races." One would think that — " A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company." A kindred mood is awakened in the Poet, but it is soon beclouded with "fears and fancies" which arise...

...thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their 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." Coming back to sober prose, it would be interesting to know what will be the further history of Ficus...

...quotes the lines from Wordsworth's / Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: — "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." Ruskin comments: — "No steam-craned versification in that, you will observe, by the way; but simple...

...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, 15 In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed — but little thought What wealth the show to...