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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 daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
I depart,
Whither I know not; but the hour’s gone by
When Albion’s lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage III:1
Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars. Jack Kerouac, On the Road
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live. Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born,
With nowhere yet to rest my head,
Like these, on earth I wait forlorn. Matthew Arnold, Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse 1855
Tell me, Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered far and wide after he had sacked Troy’s sacred city, and saw the towns of many men and knew their mind. Homer, The Oddysey
Goosey, goosey gander,
Whither shall I wander? Gammer Gurton’s Garland, 1784
I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc
Oh, I thought I’d take off and wander. Smiley’s People V, George, BBC 1982