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 ...
Henry Van Dyke Poems on Fire (20 Poems)
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 ...
Spring In The North (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IAh, who will tell me, in these leaden days,Why the sweet Spring delays,And where she hides,-the dear desire Of every heart ...
The Signs (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Dedicated to the Zodiac ClubWho knows how many thousand years agoThe twelvefold Zodiac was made to showThe course of stars ...
How Spring Comes To Shasta Jim (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I never seen no "red gods"; I dunno wot's a "lure";But if it's sumpin' takin', then Spring has got it ...
From Glory Unto Glory (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
AMERICAN FLAG SONG1776O dark the night and dim the day When first our flag arose;It fluttered bravely in the fray To meet ...
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 ...
Angler’s Fireside Song (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Oh, the angler's path is a very merry way, And his road through the world is bright;For he lives with the ...
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 ...
Righteous Wrath (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
There are many kinds of anger, as many kinds of fire;And some are fierce and fatal with murderous desire;And some ...
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 ...
Stars and the Soul (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
To Charles A. Young, Astronomer "Two things," the wise man said, "fill me with awe: The starry heavens and the ...
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 ...
Robert Browning (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
How blind the toil that burrows like the mole, In winding graveyard pathways underground, For Browning's lineage! What if men ...
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 ...
Late Spring (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Ah, who will tell me, in these leaden days, Why the sweet Spring delays, And where she hides, -- ...
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 ...
Jeanne d’Arc (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The land was broken in despair, The princes quarrelled in the dark, When clear and tranquil, through the troubled air ...