For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that… — William Wordsworth

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.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud · 1807
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Wordsworth, William. "I wandered lonely as a cloud." William Wordsworth: The Major Works including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Wordsworth, William. Poems, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.