...it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there...
William Wordsworth was born on this day in 1770. In honor of his birthday, here's one of my favorites:
DaffodilsPretty, isn't it?
I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd 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.
Thanks, Annika, I really need that today.
Posted by: shelly s. on Apr. 7, 2004Aries people just have a way with words.
Posted by: d-rod on Apr. 7, 2004There is a daffodil named after General Patton.
Posted by: Fred Boness on Apr. 7, 2004That's one of my favorites! Thanks, I had forgotten about it.
Posted by: ginger on Apr. 8, 2004mmm, poem. you should check out the latest new criterion if you have a few hours, they've got a survey of the state of poetry in america, good stuff...i've got the pdf file of it!
Posted by: Scof on Apr. 8, 2004Another Wadsworth gem for your pleasure:
Posted by: Sissy Willis on Apr. 8, 2004Egad...Wordsworth, I mean...Gotta remember to proofread next time...
Posted by: Sissy Willis on Apr. 8, 2004Below is all monet works.
Woman In A Green Dress painting
Winter At Giverny painting
View Over The Seas painting
Vetheuil In Summer painting
Vase Of Flowers painting
Train In The Country painting
The women in the Garden painting
The Valley Of Falaise painting
The Turkeys painting
The Thames And The Houses Of Parliament painting
The Studio Boat painting
The Shoot painting
The Seine Estuary At Honfleur painting
The Seine Below Rouen painting
The Seine At Rouen painting
The Seine At Lavacourt painting
The Seine At Bougival painting
The Seine At Argenteuil painting
The Seine At Argenteuil I painting
The Sea At Fecamp painting
The Road To Chailly painting
The Red Cape (Madame Monet) painting
The Red Boats painting
The Picnic painting
The Marina At Argenteuil painting
The Luncheon painting
The Ice-Floes painting
The Garden of the Princess painting
The Church Of Vernon In The Mist painting
The Church At Vetheuil painting
The Boats Regatta At Argenteuil painting
The Beach At Sainte-Adresse painting
Terrace at St Adresse painting
Sunset painting
Sunflowers painting
Sun Setting Over The Seine At Lavacourt painting
Still Life With Melon painting
Snow Effect With Setting Sun painting
Sailing At Sainte-Adresse painting
Sailing At Argenteuil painting
Rue Montargueil with Flags painting
Rough Sea At Etretat painting
Promenade Near Argenteuil painting
Poppy Field In A Hollow Near Giverny painting
Poplars painting
Pond at Montgeron painting
Palazzo da Mula at Venice painting
Monet_Self_Portrait_In_His_Atelier painting
London Houses of Parliament at Sunset painting
La Porte D Amount Etretat painting
La Japonaise painting
La Grenouillere painting
In The Woods At Giverny painting
Impression Sunrise painting
Hyde Park London painting
Haystacks at Giverny the evening sun painting
Haystacks At Chailly painting
Haystack snow effect painting
General View Of Rouen From St Catherine s Bank painting
Garden In Flower At Sainte-Adresse painting
Floating Ice Near Vetheuil painting
Cliffs Near Dieppe painting
Boulevard Des Capucines I painting
Beach at Honlfeux painting
Argenteuil painting
A Windmill at Zaandam painting
A Corner of the Studio painting
A Corner of the Apartment painting
Monet Spring Flowers painting
View At Rouelles, Le Havre painting
Camille At The Window painting
Landscape With Thunderstorm painting
Monet Purple Poppies painting
The Red Boats, Argenteuil painting
Regatta At Argenteuil painting
A Woman Reading painting
Wild Poppies, Near Argenteuil painting
Monet The Luncheon painting
Still Life Apples And Grapes painting
Springtime At Giverny painting
Apple Trees In Blossom painting
Tulip Fields With The Rijnsburg Windmill painting
Haystack at Giverny painting
Haystack At Giverny painting
In The Woods At Giverny painting
Girls In A Boat painting
Boating On The River Epte painting
In The Rowing Boat painting
The Seine At Port-Villez painting
Poplars on the Epte painting
Monet Water Lillies I painting
Monet The Waterlily Pond painting
Woman with a Parasol painting
Camille Monet in Japanese Costume painting
The garden in flower painting
The Artist Garden at Vetheuil painting
Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden painting
Boulevard des Capucines painting