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 Dreams (38 Poems)
The Builders (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCETON COLLEGEOctober 21, 1896IInto the dust of the making of manSpirit was ...
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 ...
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 ...
The River Of Dreams (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The river of dreams runs quietly down From its hidden home in the forest of sleep, With a measureless motion calm and ...
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 ...
The Angler’s Reveille (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
What time the rose of dawn is laid across the lips of night,And all the little watchman-stars have fallen asleep ...
The Whip-Poor-Will (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Do you remember, father,-- It seems so long ago,-- The day we fished together Along the Pocono? At dusk I waited for you, Beside the ...
An Angler’s Wish (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IWHEN tulips bloom in Union Square,And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town,Like children lost in Vanity ...
A Bunch Of Trout-Flies (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
FOR ARCHIE RUTLEDGEHere's a half-a-dozen flies,Just about the proper sizeFor the trout of Dickey's Run,-Luck go with them every one!Dainty ...
Dulciora (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A tear that trembles for a little whileUpon the trembling eyelid, till the worldWavers within its circle like a dream,Holds ...
Transformation (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Only a little shrivelled seed,It might be flower, or grass, or weed;Only a box of earth on the edgeOf a ...
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 ...
Roslin and Hawthornden (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
FAIR Roslin Chapel, how divineThe art that reared thy costly shrine!Thy carven columns must have grownBy magic, like a dream ...
An Hour (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
You only promised me a single hour: But in that hour I journeyed through a year Of life: the joy of finding ...
Moving Bells (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I love the hour that comes, with dusky hair And dewy feet, along the Alpine dells, To lead the cattle forth. A ...
The Glacier (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
At dawn in silence moves the mighty stream, The silver-crested waves no murmur make; But far away the avalanches wakeThe rumbling echoes, ...
Two Songs Of Heine (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I"EIN FICHTENBAUM"A fir-tree standeth lonelyOn a barren northern height,Asleep, while winter coversHis rest with robes of white.In dreams, he sees ...
When Tulips Bloom (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I When tulips bloom in Union Aquare, And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town, Like ...
Undine (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
'T was far away and long ago, When I was but a dreaming boy, This fairy tale of love and ...
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, ...
Twilight in the Alps (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I love the hour that comes, with dusky hair And dewy feet, along the Alpine dells To lead the cattle ...
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 Message (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Waking from tender sleep, My neighbour's little child Put out his baby hand to me, Looked in my face, and ...
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 ...
Storm-Music (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
O Music hast thou only heard The laughing river, the singing bird, The murmuring wind in the poplar-trees,-- Nothing but ...
New Year’s Eve (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I The other night I had a dream, most clear And comforting, complete In every line, a crystal sphere, And ...