“My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky;

So was it when my life began;

So it is now when 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 to each by natural piety.”

(My heart leaps up when I behold by William Wordsworth, 1770 – 1850)

John Lentell

10th October, 1969