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" 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 Laureates of England, from Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson - Page 301
edited by - 1895 - 459 pages
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Poems, in Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - 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...
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Poems in 2 Vols., Reprinted Original Ed. of 1807 Ed. with Note on ..., Volume 2

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...
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The Ordeal, Volume 1

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...
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The Ordeal: A Critical Journal of Politicks and Literature, Volume 1

Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 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...
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The Sunday School Repository, Or, Teachers' Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 8

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...
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Poems, Volume 1

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...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 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...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 1

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...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

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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The Every Day Book for Youth

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pages
...fellow ; Silesia will never be retaken whilst thou art alive." MY HEART LEAPS. 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. ENVY. ENVY is one of the meanest...
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