My Heart Leaps Up - William Wordsworth | Eternal Poems

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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,
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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AUTHOR:
William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. He was an English Romantic poet who helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature.

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ATTRIBUTION:
William Wordsworth's portrait from nach einem Gemälde von P.Krämer, herausgegeben von Friedrich Bruckmann Verlag München London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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