When I see a rainbow in the sky, my heart jumps for joy:
So it was when I started my life;
I'm a man now, so it is;
Let it be so when I get old, or let me die!
The Man is the son of the Child;
I could wish that natural piety would tie my days to each one. Wordsworth, 1802) "The child is father of the man" is written in this poem by William Wordsworth. What does this seemingly contradictory statement mean, and how does it relate to...