 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 piety.  The English Journal of Education - Page 1351847Full view - About this book
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1850 - 608 pages
...simplicity, which betokens a spirit that knew nothing of age, he exclaims : — " My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky ; So was it when my...man. So let it be when I grow old, Or let me die." This childlike temper kept him always in sympathy with the young ; and it gushed forth in his blithe... | |
 | William Henry Channing - Christian sociology - 1850 - 706 pages
...rest I abide. Then bear thou in patience thy woe !" FRESHNESS OF THE HEART. My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky ; So was it when my life began, So : - it now I am a man , So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! The child ie father of the... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pages
...recal the times of our own boyhood : and so to satisfy that natural yearning, ' The child is parent of the man, And I would wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.' ' It speaks to us, not only as members of one body, but, as I said above,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...illustrated this sentiment with equal fineness of thought and tenderness of feeling: My heart leaps up when I behold . A rainbow in the sky ! So was it when my...father of the man, And I would wish my days to be found each to each by natural piety. WORDSWORTH. "I am informed, that these very lines have been cited... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1851 - 750 pages
...illustrated this sentiment with equal fineness of thought and tenderness of feeling : My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky ! So was it when my...let it be when I grow old, Or let me die. The child it father of the man, And I irinilil with my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. WORDSWORTH.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...patines to that world which lay beyond his ha; mountain solitude. Lines. My heart leaps up when I beb. ity ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! The child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Criticism - 1834 - 754 pages
...PW p. 30.— S. 0.] f PW p. 2, line Y. « My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sty ; 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 fether of the Man; And I could wish my days... | |
 | Manfred Schmeling, Monika Schmitz-Emans - Language and languages in literature - 2002 - 356 pages
...zusammengesetzt hat, die den Klang der englischen Wörter näherungsweise nachahmen. 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 co'dd wish my days... | |
 | M J Ryan - Religion - 2002 - 282 pages
...truly, for holding each other safe in our hearts with great love and tenderness. — DAPHNE ROSE KINGMA 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 lei me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days... | |
 | Thomas Kinkade - Art - 2002 - 94 pages
...''^'/r' rowth is the only evidence of life. —John Henry Cardinal Newman . <n heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky, So was it when my life began; So is if now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Orletmedie^ The child is father of the man-, And... | |
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