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]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the comments and the read.

It's not wishful thinking but only a brief trip back to my "hippy" flower child days in California in the early 70's. It was definitely foggy
but it had nothing to do with the weather. There were a few times when you came into a room and couldn't see your hand in front of
your face and when you could make it out after a while, you saw too many fingers.

The idea for this little jaunt came from the title because after Viet Nam, that is what I did - "wandered" physically and mentally trying
to figure things out after getting out of the service. Hope it was "eye-opening" for you too.

Larry