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 Belief & Faith (23 Poems)
The Toiling Of Felix (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IPRELUDE Hear a word that Jesus spake Nineteen hundred years ago, Where the crimson lilies blow Round the blue Tiberian lake: There the bread of ...
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 ...
Who Follow The Flag (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
PHI BETA KAPPA ODEHARVARD UNIVERSITYJune 30, 1910IAll day long in the city's canyon-street, With its populous cliffs alive on either side, I ...
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 ...
‘Liberty Enlightening (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay,The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away:Thine ...
Inscriptions (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
. THE HOUSEThe cornerstone in Truth is laid,The guardian walls of Honour made,The roof of Faith is built above,The fire ...
For The Friends At Hurstmont (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE HOUSEThe cornerstone in Truth is laid,The guardian walls of Honour made,The roof of Faith is built above,The fire upon ...
Richard Watson Gilder (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IN MEMORIAMSoul of a soldier in a poet's frame, Heart of a hero in a body frail; Thine was the courage clear ...
The Monument Of Francis Makemie (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
(Presbyter of Christ in America, 1683-1708)To thee, plain hero of a rugged race, We bring the meed of praise too long ...
The Peaceful Warrior (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I have no joy in strife, Peace is my great desire;Yet God forbid I lose my life Through fear to face the ...
Song Of A Pilgrim-Soul (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
March on, my soul, nor like a laggard stay!March swiftly on. Yet err not from the wayWhere all the nobly ...
The Valley Of Vain Verses (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The grief that is but feigning,And weeps melodious tearsOf delicate complainingFrom self-indulgent years;The mirth that is but madness,And has no ...
In Memoriam (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The record of a faith sublime, And hope, through clouds, far-off discerned; The incense of a love that burnedThrough pain and doubt ...
The Oxford Thrushes (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
FEBRUARY, 1917 I never thought again to hear The Oxford thrushes singing clear, Amid the February rain, Their sweet, indomitable ...
Stand Fast! (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Stand fast, Great Britain! Together England, Scotland, Ireland stand One in the faith that makes a mighty land, True to ...
Peace (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I IN EXCELSIS Two dwellings, Peace, are thine. One is the mountain-height, Uplifted in the loneliness of light Beyond 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 ...
Liberty Enlightening the World (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhatten Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean ...
Inscriptions for a Friend’s House (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE HOUSE The cornerstone in Truth is laid, The guardian walls of Honour made, The roof of Faith is built ...
Francis Makemie (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
(Presbyter of Christ in Americas 1683-1708) To thee, plain hero of a rugged race, We bring the meed of praise ...
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,-- ...
A Scrap of Paper (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
"Will you go to war just for a scrap of paper?" -- Question of the German Chancellor to the British ...