 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
 | Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 274 pages
...BEAUTY My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So it is 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. - William Wordsworth, "My Heart... | |
 | Stuart Briscoe - Religion - 2010 - 773 pages
...and steady rainfall, rainbows regularly appear in the dark skies. He wrote, "My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky, So was it when my life...am a man So be it when I shall grow old Or let me die."17 Wordsworth did not identify the reasons for his heart-leap. Given his love of nature and his... | |
 | 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...when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! The Child is fether of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety." — S. Cl]... | |
 | 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...old or let me die! the child is father of the man and i co'dd wish my days to be bound each to each by natural piety (william wordsworth) mai hart lieb... | |
 | 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;...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 to be Bound each to each by natural... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Fiction - 2003 - 356 pages
...unsubstantial, faery place; That is fit home for Thee! My Heart Leaps Up when I Behold 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. Ode: Intimations of Immortality... | |
 | L. Piccoli Calvi - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 300 pages
...these services. (From Tales from Shakespeare by C. and M. LAMB) The Rainbow 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 1 could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The Arrow and... | |
 | Beth Eddy - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 224 pages
...Literary Form, 271. I refer to Wordsworth's poem "My Heart Leaps Up" (1802): 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 1 shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound... | |
 | Michael Boylan - Philosophy - 2004 - 282 pages
...elevated soul of the poet expressing a personal vision in often irregular prosody. 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. (William Wordsworth, "My Heart... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...hath all. SIR HENRY WOTTON ENGLISH (1568-1639) My heart leaps up when I behold 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. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ENGLISH (1770-1850)... | |
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