Ingen påskeliljer her,

men mange, mange skyer, en fjord, en kveldssommerhimmel og, ja, et hjerte som fylles av det hele.

William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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 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.

5 thoughts on “Ingen påskeliljer her,

  1. Nydelig! Wordsworth fikk sagt det :) Nå ble jeg nostalgisk og fikk lyst til å studere engelsk igjen ;)

  2. Ikke sant :) Det er et av favorittdiktene mine of all time! Kommer nesten opp mot White Birds av Yeats. Men bare nesten.

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