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William Wordsworth

Born in 1770, William Wordsworth's most famous work, The Prelude, is often considered to be the crowning achievement of English romanticism...
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My Heart Leaps Up
by 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; 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.

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