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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also sometimes called "Daffodils" [2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. [3] It is one of his most popular, and was inspired by an encounter on 15 April 1802 during a walk with his younger sister Dorothy, when they saw a "long belt" of daffodils on the shore of Ullswater in the English Lake District. [4]
Date of signature in the book predates formal release in publication of the poem. The Gift Outright; The Most of It; Come In; All Revelation [2] A Considerable Speck; The Silken Tent; Happiness Makes Up In Height For What It Lacks In Length; The Subverted Flower; The Lesson for Today; The Discovery of the Madeiras; Of the Stones of the Place
To the same Flower (second poem) [Sequel to "To the Small Celandine"] 1802, 1 May "Pleasures newly found are sweet" Poems of the Fancy: 1807 Resolution and Independence: 1802, 3 May – 4 July "There was a roaring in the wind all night;" Poems of the Imagination: 1807 I grieved for Buonaparte 1802, 21 May "I Grieved for Buonaparte, with a vain"
Anne Marriott (November 5, 1913 – October 10, 1997) [1] was a Canadian writer who won the Governor General's Award for her book Calling Adventurers! "She was renowned especially for the narrative poem The Wind, Our Enemy," which she wrote while still in her twenties.
The "Flowers of the Forest" however is considered the only thing she wrote that possesses lasting literary merit. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] However her correspondence and writing about the governess Henrietta Fordyce , who became her confidante and protégé, is credited with establishing Fordyce's notability.
The poem was well received, but not a financial success for its author. The poem was written in the context of the Battle of Wyoming. The poem begins: On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance bring, Of what thy gentle people did befall;
The Mary Oliver poem "Can You Imagine" was unveiled Friday, June 14, 2024, on a picnic table at Beech Forest in Provincetown. The unveiling was part of You are Here: Poetry In Parks project by U.S ...
The text of the poem reflects the thoughts of a lone wagon driver (the narrator), on the night of the winter solstice, "the darkest evening of the year", pausing at dusk in his travel to watch snow falling in the woods. It ends with him reminding himself that, despite the loveliness of the view, "I have promises to keep, / And miles to go ...