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 Faces (35 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 ...
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 ...
Eight Echoes From The Poems Of August Angellier (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ITHE IVORY CRADLEThe cradle I have made for theeIs carved of orient ivory,And curtained round with wavy silkMore white than ...
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 ...
Ode To Peace (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IIN EXCELSISTwo dwellings, Peace, are thine. One is the mountain-height,Uplifted in the loneliness of light Beyond the realm of shadows,-fine,And far, and ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
The Distant Road (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Blessed is the man that beholdeth the face of a friend in a far country,The darkness of his heart is ...
A Psalm Of The Distant Road (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Happy is the man that seeth the face of a friend in a far country:The darkness of his heart is ...
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 ...
Rendezvous (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I count that friendship little worth Which has not many things untold, Great longings that no words can hold,And passion-secrets waiting birth.Along ...
To The Child Jesus (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ITHE NATIVITYCould every time-worn heart but see Thee once again,A happy human child, among the homes of men,The age of ...
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, ...
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I BIRTHDAY VERSES Dear Aldrich, now November's mellow days Have brought another Festa round to you, You can't refuse a ...
The Window (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
All night long, by a distant bell, The passing hours were notched On the dark, while her breathing rose and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Longfellow (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
In a great land, a new land, a land full of labour and riches and confusion, Where there were many ...
Love in a Look (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Let me but feel thy look's embrace, Transparent, pure, and warm, And I'll not ask to touch thy face, Or ...
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 ...
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 ...
If All the Skies (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
If all the skies were sunshine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash ...
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 ...