Wordsworth's "I Wandered..." Restated Challenge, Line ending words must be repeated Options

[jgdittier]

Behold the sky without a CLOUD,
Let clement air caress the HILLS,
As then was I who eyed a CROWD,
A dale of dainty DAFFODILS:
Before the beach, beyond the TREES,
Beckoning to me with the BREEZE

An auric acre of awesome SHINE
In matrix like the milky WAY,
A burst of beauty, none in LINE
With sea of sun along the BAY:
No way could I but give a GLANCE,
Winking and wagging in dainty DANCE.

How like the waves, these posies, THEY
will bow and bid in sharing GLEE:
What words would fail to gush with GAY
In green and yellow COMPANY:
I stood amazed, without a THOUGHT
And then thanked God for what He BROUGHT.

And now, as I'm abed and LIE
With peace and piety, my MOOD'
I see them with my mindful EYE
who join me in my SOLITUDE;
Then once again my mem'ry FILLS
and I'm amongst those DAFFODILS.

(to read Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", righr here it Mosaic Musings, go to
Legendary Libations, William Wordsworth, posted by Cleo.

[Larry]

A new answer for Wordsworth's "I Wandered..." poem for an old (August '08) challenge!


Butterflies

A family, like saffron cloud
adrift above green rolling hills,
descended as a hungry crowd
upon a field of daffodils.
They grew among the budding trees
that swayed in time with springtime’s breeze.

Bright wings reflected warm sunshine
attending them upon their way
back home. Although a ragged line
extended far along the bay,
one could discern with just a glance
that all were part of that spring dance

of coming home. I watched as they
all shared a festive meal with glee:
which turned once saddened mind to gay.
I, gladdened by their company,
and for the sudden change of thought
thanked nature for the smiles she brought.

Were I to speak of this, I’d lie
about that day; my new-found mood.
Spring brought a gift to heart and eye;
for I, in tranquil solitude
perceived a sight soul’s thirst fulfills…
gold butterflies in daffodils.

Larry D. Jennings