StoryTitle("caps", "The Rainbow") ?> SubTitle("caps", "A Fragment") ?> Rainbow," by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), accords with every child's feelings. It voices the spirit of all ages that would love to imagine it "a bridge to heaven."
PoemStart() ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "My heart leaps up when I behold", "") ?> PoemLine("L2", "", "A rainbow in the sky;", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "So was it when my life began,", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "So is it now I am a man,", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "So be it when I shall grow old,", "") ?> PoemLine("L2", "", "Or let me die!", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "The child is father of the man;", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "And I could wish my days to be", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "Bound each to each by natural piety.", "") ?>