“My Heart Leaps”

CCLXXXVI. "My heart leaps up when I behold"

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

Meter:

4 feet / 3 feet

5 feet / 5 feet

4 feet / 3 feet (or LET .. ME .. DIE)

4 feet / 4 feet

5 feet (4 if nix natch'ral)