 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 Yale Literary Magazine - Page 2611842Full view - About this book
 | 1808 - 532 pages
...rainbow in the iky : „ So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when 1 (hall grow old, Or let me die ! The child is father of the man ; And I could wifh my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. ' II. p. 44. A third, ' on a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...me ! 43 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 ray-days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. 44 WRITTEN IN MARCH, While resting... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...for me ! 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. 6. WRITTEN IN MARCH, While resting... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...My heart leaps up when I 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 ! Then comes the reason which produces all this, in which the metaphor very beautifully reverses the... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1809 - 428 pages
...heart leaps up when I 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 ! Then comes the reason which produces all tliis, in which the metaphor very beautifully reverses the... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1855 - 590 pages
...denied. My heart leaps up when I hehold 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 ! SUMMARY OF THE SPIRITUAL SENSE OF THE BOOKS OF GENESIS AND EXODUS, AS DERIVED FROM THE ARCANA CCELESTIA.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...VOL. I. 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. B 2 -X II. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...behold I • A Rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; ~i) .-'. So is it now I am a Man; V So be it when I shall grow old, , Or let me die ! ' The Child is Father of the Man; V/NA S^*s** — ** " " ~"''"^ -• And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 378 pages
...VOL. I. 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. 4 II. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY near... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...with sylvans and fairies. " So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it wheu I shall grow old, Or let me die ! The child is father to the man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety." PASSAGES FROM O3S1AN,... | |
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