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Works of William Wordsworth: My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold

The concluding three lines of this poem from 26 March 1802, are among the
most famous in Wordsworth's work: "The Child is father of the Man; / And I
could wish my days to be / Bound each to each by natural piety." It is
remarkable how many of Wordsworth's poems deal with the relationship of the
child to the world, and, consequently, with the relationship of the adult to
the child, and through the child the relationship of the adult to nature. Most
simply this poem says that the poet is thrilled when he sees a rainbow; ...

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