Pause For Poetry

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud 

by William Wordsworth

I Wandered 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 stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of the bay;

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Brother had to read this poem today in his First Language Lessons book. It was one of my very favorites when I was in school but I had forgotten about it until today. I remembered liking it so much that I had written it out on a piece of yellow, legal-sized paper and tacked it on my wall in my bedroom. As I was telling the kids about that yellow piece of paper, I took out an old poetry book that I had when I was young and guess what was folded and tucked into that book......YEP! It was my yellow, handwritten copy of Wordsworth. 

I also found these printable poetry pages that were made for First Language Lessons. Here is the link if you are interested: http://homeschoolcreations.com/Language.html