I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud Captive to the wind and season Storms around me raged with fury I was becalmed without reason Oh, the wind was fickle some days And at times it would cease to blow Then I would meander softly Unpropelled and no place to go 'Twas the sea and it kept me there The domain of mermaids and whales I was akin to Davey Jones And belonged in seafaring tales The wind in the mast sails afloat, Is enough for those of us so chosen A salty yarn of days long gone Of a trip with a drunken bosun Oh, I would go back to the seas If I were of able body All I ask's a fellow rover And a full tankard of toddy 1-29-20 Contest: Famous Poetic Lines That Inspire "I wandered lonely as a cloud' by William Wordsworth Sponsor: Silent One