Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Wordsworth. 1770–1850532. The Rainbow
| 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, | 5 |
| 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. |