Daffodil .. a herald of spring

DAFFODIL

When spring is about to arrive, this beautiful yellow flowers seem to be in bloom in the countryside. Its common name is Daffodil or "Daffy" as it is called by local people, while its Latin name is Narcissus. Flowering time is normally from February to early May.

(Picture of Daffodil taken by Myself (Devonshire) on 13 April 2012 at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Great Britain)

William Wordsworth, the British poet wrote a beautiful poem of Daffodil.

First version of Wordsworth's Daffodil.

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 dancing Daffodils; Along the Lake, beneath the trees, Ten thousand dancing in the breeze.

The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee: -- A poet could not but be gay In such a laughing 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.

Composed, 1804 Published, Poems in Two Volumes 1807

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