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... A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Page 494by Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 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.'... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 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, hy natural piety. ENVY. EHVY ia one of the meanest... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 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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