The Child is Father of the Man.
童年的经历可决定成年后的性格。
-- 威廉·华兹华斯(William Wordsworth)
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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.
无题
威廉·华兹华斯(William Wordsworth)
我一见彩虹高悬天上,
心儿便欢跳不止:
从前小时候就是这样;
如今长大了还是这样;
以后我老了也要这样,
否则,不如死!
儿童乃是成人的父亲;
我可以指望:我一世光阴
自始至终贯穿着天然的孝敬。