I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: Hide and Seek

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Hide and Seek

'Hide and Seek' by James Tissot (1836-1902)

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Rachel and SarahAugust 31, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Aw! What a sweet little picture! It needs a story to go with it, don't you think? :) I was looking at some of Tissot's paintings, and I was fascinated by *his* fascination with that Katherine or Kathleen or whatever her name was lady. She seemed to be his sole model! :D
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I Wandered Lonely as a CloudAugust 31, 2011 at 11:55 AM
It dose need a story! I keep wondering what the child behind the screen is standing on!!
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: 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 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.