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My Heart Leaps Up
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William Wordsworth (1802)
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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;
    I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
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