Vera (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IA silent world,-yet full of vital joyUttered in rhythmic movements manifold,And sunbeams flashing on the face of thingsLike sudden smilings ...
Henry Van Dyke Poems on Beauty (32 Poems)
Texas (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A DEMOCRATIC ODEITHE WILD-BEESAll along the Brazos river,All along the Colorado,In the valleys and the lowlandsWhere the trees were tall ...
Spirit Of The Everlasting Boy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOLJune 11, 1910IThe British bard who looked on Eton's walls,Endeared by distance in ...
The Grand Canyon (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
DAYBREAKWhat makes the lingering Night so cling to thee?Thou vast, profound, primeval hiding-placeOf ancient secrets,-gray and ghostly gulfCleft in the green ...
Gran’ Boule (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A SEAMAN'S TALE OF THE SEAWe men hat go down for a livin' in ships to the sea,-We love it ...
Another Chance (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A DRAMATIC LYRICCome, give me back my life again, you heavy-handed Death!Uncrook your fingers from my throat, and let me ...
Santa Christina (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Saints are God's flowers, fragrant souls That His own hand hath planted,Not in some far-off heavenly place, Or solitude enchanted,But here and ...
The Lily of Yorrow (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
DEEP in the heart of the forest the lily of Yorrow is growing;Blue is its cup as the sky, and ...
The Friendly Trees (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I will sing of the bounty of the big trees,They are the green tents of the Almighty,He hath set them ...
A Psalm Of The Unseen Altar (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Man the maker of cities is also a builder of altars:Among his habitations he setteth tables for his god.He bringeth ...
Stain Not The Sky (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Ye gods of battle, lords of fear, Who work your iron will as well As once ye did with sword and spear, With ...
Salute To The Trees (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Many a tree is found in the woodAnd every tree for its use is good:Some for the strength of the ...
A November Daisy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Afterthought of summer's bloom!Late arrival at the feast,Coming when the songs have ceasedAnd the merry guests departed,Leaving but an empty ...
The Echo In The Heart (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
It's little I can tell About the birds in books;And yet I know them well, By their music and their looks: When May ...
I Am Standing Upon The Seashore. (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and startsfor ...
Good Teacher (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The Lord is my teacher,I shall not lose the way to wisdom.He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning,He ...
The Bargain (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
What shall I give for thee, Thou Pearl of greatest price?For all the treasures I possess Would not suffice.I give my store ...
Victor Hugo (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Heart of France for a hundred years, Passionate, sensitive, proud, and strong, Quick to throb with her hopes and fears, ...
The White Bees (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I LEGEND Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my ...
The Foolish Fir-Tree (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
A tale that the poet Rückert told To German children, in days of old; Disguised in a random, rollicking rhyme ...
The Heavenly Hills of Holland (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
The heavenly hills of Holland,-- How wondrously they rise Above the smooth green pastures Into the azure skies! With blue ...
The Ancestral Dwelling (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Dear to my heart are the ancestral dwellings of America, Dearer than if they were haunted by ghosts of royal ...
The Black Birds (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Once, only once, I saw it clear, -- That Eden every human heart has dreamed A hundred times, but ...
Shelley (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Knight-errant of the Never-ending Quest, And Minstrel of the Unfulfilled Desire; For ever tuning thy frail earthly lyre To some ...
Milton (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Lover of beauty, walking on the height Of pure philosophy and tranquil song; Born to behold the visions that ...
Mother Earth (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed, Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the ...
Music (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I PRELUDE Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight, She knew her ...
Love’s Reason (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
For that thy face is fair I love thee not; Nor yet because the light of thy brown eyes Hath ...
Keats (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
The melancholy gift Aurora gained From Jove, that her sad lover should not see The face of death, no goddess ...
God of the Open Air (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair With flowers beneath, above with starry lights, And set thine altars everywhere,-- ...