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 Fear (31 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
A Fairy Tale (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
For the Mark Twain Dinner, December 5, 1905 Some three-score years and ten ago A prince was born at Florida, Mo.; And though ...
Nepenthe (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Yes, it was like you to forget,And cancel in the welcome of your smileMy deep arrears of debt,And with the ...
The Great Cities (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
How wonderful are the cities that man hath builded:Their walls are compacted of heavy stones,And their lofty towers rise above ...
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 ...
A Mother’s Birthday (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Lord Jesus, Thou hast known A mother's love and tender care: And Thou wilt hear, While for my own Mother most dear I make this ...
To A Young Girl Singing (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Oh, what do you know of the song, my dear, And how have you made it your own?You have caught the ...
Day And Night (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
How long is the night, brother, And how long is the day?Oh, the day's too short for a happy task, And the ...
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 ...
The Child In The Garden (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
When to the garden of untroubled thought I came of late, and saw the open door, And wished again to enter, and ...
Bitter-Sweet (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Just to give up, and trust All to a Fate unknown, Plodding along life's road in the dust, Bounded by walls of stone;Never ...
Rappel D’Amour (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Come home, my love, come home! The twilight is falling, The whippoorwill calling, The night is very near, And the darkness full of fear,Come ...
For Katrina’s Sun-Dial (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IN HER GARDEN OF YADDO Hours fly, Flowers die New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays.________________________________________ Time isToo Slow for those who Wait,Too Swift for those ...
Inscription For A Tomb In England (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Read here, O friend unknown, Our grief, of her bereft;Yet think not tears alone Within our hearts are left.The gifts she came ...
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, ...
Time Is (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, ...
The Wind of Sorrow (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
The fire of love was burning, yet so low That in the dark we scarce could see its rays, And ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nepenthe (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Yes, it was like you to forget, And cancel in the welcome of your smile My deep arrears of debt, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Light Between the Trees (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Long, long, long the trail Through the brooding forest-gloom, Down the shadowy, lonely vale Into silence, like a room Where ...
Life (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor ...
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 ...
Hudson’s Last Voyage (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
June 22, 1611 THE SHALLOP ON HUDSON BAY One sail in sight upon the lonely sea And only one, God ...