the waves beside them danced , but they outdid the sparkling waves in glee : -- a poet could not but be gay in such a laughing 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 , they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude , and then my heart with pleasure fills , and dances with the daffodils by this time , hed have fallen fast asleep with his hands in his pants .