 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.  Fordham College Monthly - Side 161913Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1808 - 532 sider
...of another — ' My heart leaps up when I behold A 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 sider
...the Song for 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.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 sider
...Song, the Song 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.... | |
 | 1809 - 402 sider
...and affection. 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 sider
...affection. 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 tliis, in which the metaphor very beautifully reverses the... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1855 - 590 sider
...be 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 sider
...OF CHILDHOOD. 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.... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 sider
...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 378 sider
...EARLY YOUTH. 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.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 sider
...place with robbers and serpents, we were peopling it 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... | |
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