136 daffodils

"Daffodils" (1804)
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.
By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

dæfədɪlz 1804

aɪ wɒndəd ləʊnli əz ə klɑʊd |
ðət fləʊts ɒn ha(ɪ) ɔː veɪlz ənd hɪlz |
wen ɔːl ət wʌns ˈaɪ sɔː ə krɑʊd |
ə həʊst | əv ˈɡəʊldən ˈdæfədɪlz |
bɪˈsaɪd ðə leɪk | bɪˈniːθ ðə triːz |
ˈflʌtərɪŋ ən(d) ˈdɑːnsɪŋ ɪn ðə briːz |
kənˈtɪnjuəs əz ðə stɑːz ðət ʃaɪn |
ən(d) ˈtwɪŋkl̩ ɒn ðə ˈmɪlki ˈweɪ |
ðeɪ stretʃt ɪn nevər endɪŋ laɪn |
əˈlɒŋ ðə ˈmɑːdʒɪn əv ə beɪ |
ten ˈθɑʊzn̩(d) sɔː ˈa(ɪ) ət ə ɡlɑːns |
ˈtɒsɪŋ ðeə hedz ɪn ˈspraɪtli dɑːns |
ðə weɪvz bɪˈsaɪd ð(ə)m dɑːnst | bət
ðeɪ |
ɑʊtˈdɪd ðə ˈspɑːkl̩ɪŋ weɪvz ɪn ɡliː |
ə ˈpə(ʊ)ɪt kʊd nɒt bət bi ɡeɪ |
ɪn sʌtʃ ə ˈdʒɒkənd ˈkʌmpəni |
aɪ ɡeɪzd | ənd ɡeɪzd | bət lɪtl̩
θɔːt |
wɒt welθ ðə ʃəʊ tə miː həd
brɔːt |
fər ɒft | wen ɒn maɪ kaʊtʃ aɪ laɪ |
ɪn ˈveɪkənt ɔːr ɪn ˈpensɪv muːd |
ðeɪ flæʃ əˈpɒn ðæt ˈɪnwəd aɪ |
wɪtʃ ɪz ðə blɪs əv ˈsɒlɪtjuːd |
ənd ðen maɪ hɑːt wɪð ˈpleʒə fɪlz |
ən(d) ˈdɑːnsɪz wɪð ðə ˈdæfədɪlz |
baɪ ˈwɪljəm ˈwɜːdzwəθ <1770-1850>