Page 139 - ENGLISH 10

A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
Curriculum Development Centre
They Àash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure ¿ lls,
And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth
1. Vocabulary in use

i. Read the poem, and ¿ll in the crossword puzzle. Use the base forms of
the words.

CDC

Across
3. extreme happiness
4. to look quickly at somebody
or something
7. to walk slowly around
9. the state of being alone
Down
1. cheerful
2. to move from side to side or
up and down
3. a light wind
5. thinking deeply about
something
6. to look steadily at somebody
or something for a long time
8. to move lightly and quickly

134 ENGLISH, Class 10