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.
Simple innocence. Simply evergreen. The simplest things in nature last the longest. So is this poem. What a great poem. Wordsworth's poems are worth the word.
Come on, poem hunters! Let's not forget the classics. This poem is light, bouyant; that is, until you smack into 'The Child is father of the Man.' A great line that my seventh and eighth graders have fun with.
antique example of epigram the poet presents. 'the child is father of the man.'
I have read thies poem in my childhood, again read today same flavour.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I first heard this poem in the film, Control, and I've loved it ever since.