Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
I. Nature’s Influence“My heart leaps up”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850)M
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.