 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 Ordeal - Page 311809Full view - About this book
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1835 - 470 pages
...made of man Г' Ibid. v. 5. p. 214. t " My heart leaped up when I beheld A rainbow in the sky, So waa it, when my life began ; So is it now I am a man : So be it when I shall grow old, » So, let me die. The child is father of the man. And I could wish my days to be Bound, each to each,... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...helped thee to a valentine.'1 Vol. ii. p. 42. This is the whole of another — " My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now 1 am a man ; So be it when 1 shall grow old. Or let me die ! The cjiild is father of the man ; And... | |
 | John McVickar - 1836 - 528 pages
...the poet is that of the unsophisticated heart all the world over. • . : , ' 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. The child is father of the man, And I would wish my days... | |
 | Science - 1836 - 866 pages
...of age, and reciprocates us with ourselves by a perfect harmony. " My heart leaps up when I behokl A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So be it now I am a Man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! The Child is Father of... | |
 | Theology - 1839 - 536 pages
...the heart that leaps not up with it. and joins not in its fervent prayer. " 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 ! The child is father of the man, And I could wish my days, to be Bound each to each by natural piety."... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - English literature - 1837 - 316 pages
...this sentiment with equal fineness of thought and tenderness of feeling : — My heart leaps up when I behold A rain-bow 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. • The child is father of the man, And I would wish my... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1837 - 376 pages
...into the eye of age, and reciprocates us with ourselves by a perfect harmony. " My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So be it now I am a Man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! The Child is Father of... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1838 - 448 pages
...reason to lament What man has made of man !" Ibid. v. 5. p. 114. i t " My bean leaped up when I beheld A rainbow in the sky, So was it, when my life began...it now I am a man : So be it when I shall grow old, So, let me die. The child is father of the man. And I could wish my days to be Bound, each to each,... | |
 | John McVickar - Anglican Communion - 1838 - 564 pages
...language of the poet is that of the unsophisticated heart all the world over. ' 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. The child is father of the man, And I would wish my days... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...the last. My heart leaps up when I behold The rainbow in the sky ! So was it when I was a boy ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! While true old age is that honourable and happy state of soul which intellectual and emotional activities... | |
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