The Mind
My heart leaps up when I behold
From Poems, in Two Volumes (1807)
The MindTime & BrevityNature
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.
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Wordsworth, William. “My heart leaps up when I behold.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wordsworth/101/.
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Wordsworth, William. “My heart leaps up when I behold.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wordsworth/101/.
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