Love And Light (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,And every kind of love makes a glory in the ...
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,And every kind of love makes a glory in the ...
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul;Love is the only angel who can bid the gates ...
"In la sua volontade (Henry Van Dyke)
FOR BAYARD AND HELEN STOCKTONTwo hundred years of blessing I recordFor Morven's house, protected by the Lord:And still I stand ...
Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;While he who ...
Great Nature had a million words,In tongues of trees and songs of birds,But none to breathe the heart of man,Till ...
Deeds not Words: I say so too!And yet I find it somehow true,A word may help a man in need,To ...
Let me but do my work from day to day, In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In ...
I When tulips bloom in Union Aquare, And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town, Like ...
If I have erred in showing all my heart, And lost your favour by a lack of pride; If standing ...
Wordsworth, thy music like a river rolls Among the mountains, and thy song is fed By living springs far up ...
I put my heart to school In the world, where men grow wise, "Go out," I said, "and learn the ...
'T was far away and long ago, When I was but a dreaming boy, This fairy tale of love and ...
(Song for the City College of New York) O youngest of the giant brood Of cities far-renowned; In wealth and ...
Heart of France for a hundred years, Passionate, sensitive, proud, and strong, Quick to throb with her hopes and fears, ...
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
I BIRTHDAY VERSES Dear Aldrich, now November's mellow days Have brought another Festa round to you, You can't refuse a ...
Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, ...
On his "Book of Joyous Children" Yours is a garden of old-fashioned flowers; Joyous children delight to play there; Weary ...
Long had I loved this "Attic shape," the brede Of marble maidens round this urn divine: But when your golden ...
I love the hour that comes, with dusky hair And dewy feet, along the Alpine dells To lead the cattle ...
The fire of love was burning, yet so low That in the dark we scarce could see its rays, And ...
All night long, by a distant bell, The passing hours were notched On the dark, while her breathing rose and ...
They who tread the path of labor follow where My feet have trod; They who work without complaining, do the ...
In robes of Tyrian blue the King was drest, A jewelled collar shone upon his breast, A giant ruby glittered ...
I LEGEND Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my ...
Peace without Justice is a low estate,-- A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the ...
When Stiivoren town was in its prime And queened the Zuyder Zee, Its ships went out to every clime With ...
In the pleasant time of Pentecost, By the little river Kyll, I followed the angler's winding path Or waded the ...
This is the soldier brave enough to tell The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell': Lover of peace, he looks ...
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