 My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page xviiby William Wordsworth - 1861 - 532 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...ending ; Of serious faith, and inward glee ; That was the Song, the Song for me ! My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky : So was it when my...old, Or let me die ! The Child is Father of the Man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. 6. WRITTEN IN MARCH, While resting... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...ending; Of serious faith, and inward glee; That was the Song, the Song for me ! 43 My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky : So was it when my...old, Or let me die ! The Child is Father of the Man ; And I could wish ray-days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. 44 WRITTEN IN MARCH, While resting... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...the following glowing effusions of wonderful sympathy and affection. My heart leaps up when I when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my...man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! Then comes the reason which produces all this, in which the metaphor very beautifully reverses the... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - United States - 1809 - 428 pages
...the following glowing effusions of wonderful sympathy and affection. My heart leaps up when I when ' I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my...man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! Then comes the reason which produces all tliis, in which the metaphor very beautifully reverses the... | |
 | Sunday school teachers - 1813 - 1368 pages
...gentle poet had, who sang in a measure which will be always sweet and new : " My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky ; So was it when my life began — So is it now I am a man— So let it be when I grow old, Or let me die — ;" Then let it be remembered, that " The child is father... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...person," read " the persons." POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD. VOL. I. MY heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life...old, Or let me die ! The Child is Father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. B 2 -X II. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...world, like the music of one's native tongue heard in some far-off country. . " My heart leaps up when 1 behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began, So is it now I am a man, So shall it be when I grow old and tlie. The child's the father of the man, And I would have my years... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 378 pages
...Pastoral Poem - - 1800 POEMS REFERRING TO CHILDHOOD AND EARLY YOUTH. VOL. I. MY heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky : So was it when my...old, Or let me die ! The child is Father of the Man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. 4 II. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY near... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 416 pages
...Falling Leaves ... 349 < POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD. VOL. I. I. MY heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky : So was it when my...old, Or let me die ! The Child is Father of the Man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. B 2 n. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY near... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 698 pages
...correspondent to the fair promises which it gives ? We quote here an entire poem : ' My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky ; So was it when my...man ; So be it when I shall grow old; Or let me die ! Tim child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.'... | |
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