Joy have I had; and going hence

I bear away my recompence.”

Wordsworth regards joy as an actual potency of vision:

“With an eye made quiet by the power

Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,

We see into the heart of things.”

Joy is indeed the master-word of his poetry. The dancing daffodils enrich his heart with joy.

“They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;