My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold

DESCRIPTION: "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 the father to the man, And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each in... piety"
AUTHOR: William Wordsworth
EARLIEST DATE: 1807 (source: Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: children father | rainbow
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 140, "My heart leaps up when I behold" (1 text); p. 149, "So it was when my life began" (1 excerpt)
Roud #25535
File: KSUC140A

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