Disclaimer: all the words in italics are written by William Wordsworth. I wrote this for an English class journal entry and so I take no credit for Wordworth's words.

My Heart Leaps Up

Italics by William Woodsworth

My heart leaps up when I behold,

A reader's spellbound eye;

And still it leaps if should I view,

An infant's peaceful sigh.

So was it when I was but new

And play-toy things were wild;

And each tree was ere a jungle

And faeries would beguile.

Yet in my life I have beheld,

Acts to be lamented,

Bold were these things, they'll ne'er be

Truly so relented.

Oh! How I wish I could return

To times of childish glee,

And life was so full of color,

Awe would form an infinite sea.

The Child is father of the man;
And I could wish my days to be

Bound each to each by natural piety.