| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (18241897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| W. Wordsworth |
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| CCLXXXVI. "My heart leaps up when I behold" |
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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 | 5 |
| 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. | |
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