by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
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.
Note: Quoted by Ogden Nash in Song to be sung by the father of infant female children

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Mein Herz hüpft auf", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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