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!

Before high God I stand alone, A child, and none can see; Until justice seize my own, May I have mercy’s courage known, And to you, child, return my tone, And Eagle’s wings to me.

• William Wordsworth