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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... "
Crown Jewels: Or Gems of Literature, Art and Music ; Being Choice Selections ... - Page 124
edited by - 1888 - 632 pages
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 pages
...S......^\.. s.'. 479 WOBDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS llo:ms rtftrring " fji: ^ptriob of 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 ! Tho child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days to bo Bound each to each by natural piety....
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Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 2

Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 312 pages
...even the feeblest sense of the beauty of nature is touched with:— " My heart leaps up when I«behold A rainbow in the sky! So was it when my life began;...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 days o^ Wordsworth's life...
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Pictures and Flowers for Child-lovers

Children in literature - 1861 - 228 pages
...with thee to lie, A more harmless vanity ? "THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN." Mr 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. DEATH OF AN INFANT. , A HOST...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...... ... 501 WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS $otm<J referring; to tl>e £m'oB of 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. II. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY near...
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Poetry for school and home, from the best authors, ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...too well What 'tis to be an orphan boy ! 34. THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN. Mr 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. WoitDSWOETn. 35. LULLABY. SWKET...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...heart with grief, but with delight No more—O never more ! PB Shelley CCLXXXVI 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. W. Wordsworth CCLXXXVII ODE ON...
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Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c

Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...attendants on vegetation giving instructions in the art of shooting. ltaiituntu, 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 ! — Wordsworth. — How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town ; Or mirrored...
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The Children's Garland: From the Best Poets

Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson CLXXIII THE RAINBOW 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 W, Wordsworth INDEX OF WRITERS...
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Memoirs of the life and philanthropic labours of Andrew Reed [sen.], with ...

Andrew Reed - Charities - 1863 - 620 pages
...s 1 i i i THE LIFE OF ANDREW REED, DD CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE. 1787. 1804. *' 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 would have my days to be, Bound each to each by natural piety." — Wordsworth. THE Reeds of...
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The Christian Ambassador, Volume 5

Theology - 1867 - 396 pages
...of nearly all in our appreciation of these well-known lines:— ' My heart leaps up when I Toehold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began;...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.' This is one of the poems referring...
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