I wandered lonely as a cloud

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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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I wandered lonely as a cloud

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

Many of her brother's poems were suggested by scenes and incidents recorded by her, of which that on Daffodils beginning "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is a notable example.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin

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 Daniel Turner Holmes

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 John Edward Mercer