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 m… - William Wordsworth

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;

The child is father of the man:
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

The child is father of the man

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 …

Thou has left behind Powers that will work for thee,—air, earth, and skies! There 's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be?