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.
The Caedmon/HarperCollins 'The Poetry of Wordsworth read by Cedric Hardwicke'. May sound old fogeyish to some (Hardwicke titled his autobiography 'A Victorian in orbit', but you will discover he has a genuine feeling for the verse. A vinyl rip (with sound very much better than that of Audible . Kindly seed.
William Wordsworth - 1 - Ian McKellen reads from The Prelude
William Wordsworth - 2 - John Rowe
William Wordsworth - 3 - Robert Hardy
William Wordsworth - 4 - William Squire & Peter Orr
William Wordsworth - 5 - Penguin Audiobooks
(all currently being seeded)