I wandered lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) Spirituality Quotes

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Quote #4

I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought: (lines 17-18)

This statement comes as something of a surprise, because it certainly seems as if he is having an epiphany up there in the hills – either that or a hallucination. But now he says that the full realization of his good fortune did not come until later.

Quote #5

They flash upon that inward eye (line 21)

"Inward eye" sounds a lot more spiritual and prophetic than "memory," doesn’t it?