April 21, 2005

Daffodils

Ever had nothing useful to say in a checkin comment? Try this. For bonus points, do it in the right order...

Posted by gerv at April 21, 2005 11:50 PM
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The waves beside them danced; but they
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
decode errantly-encoded &
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Along the margin of a bay:

::chuckle::

Posted by: Axord at April 22, 2005 1:25 AM

in the right order:

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
decode errantly-encoded &
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Posted by: Paul Berendsen at April 22, 2005 10:45 AM

Let's start at the beginning:

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 daffodil;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

I don't believe the author is truly gerv%gerv.net, and I don't recall the parts added by justdave%bugzilla.org ;)

My favorite springtime poem, perfect for this time of year (at least in the NYC area)

Posted by: Michael Puskar at April 22, 2005 2:27 PM

It's a shame he said "errantly" rather than "errant"; if he had, and you pronounce & as "and", then the line scans...

Posted by: Gerv at April 22, 2005 4:39 PM