I wandered lonely as a cloud

Cultural  

1. The first line of the poem “Daffodils,” by William Wordsworth. It begins:

   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.

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Example Sentences

I wandered lonely as a cloud in 10th grade.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2015

Her husband is with Sonia, listening to their youngest recite poetry in that beautiful lilting voice of hers: "I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills..."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Wordsworth could not fail to have this experience:     "I wandered lonely as a cloud     That floats on high o'er vales and hills."

From Nature Mysticism by Mercer, John Edward

Wordsworth often produces it: "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."

From Shelley by Waterlow, Sydney

Wordsworth's descriptions of flowers are nothing less than divine: to take a single example out of hundreds, his lines on the daffodils beginning— "I wandered lonely as a cloud."

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner