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 Friendship (35 Poems)
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 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 Ballad Of The Solemn Ass (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Recited at the Century Club, New York: Twelfth Night. 1906Come all ye good Centurions and wise men of the times,You've ...
A Ballad Of Claremont Hill (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The roar of the city is low, Muffled by new-fallen snow,And the sign of the wintry moon is small and round ...
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 ...
A Ballad Of Santa Claus (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
For the St. Nicholas Society of New YorkAmong the earliest saints of old, before the first Hegira,I find the one ...
The Psalm Of A Sojourner (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Thou hast taken me into the tent of the world, O God:Beneath thy blue canopy I have found shelter:Therefore thou ...
The Camp-Fires Of My Friend (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Thou hast taken me into thy tent of the world, O God,Beneath thy blue canopy I have found shelter,Therefore thou ...
Salute To The Trees (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Many a tree is found in the woodAnd every tree for its use is good:Some for the strength of the ...
‘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 November Daisy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Afterthought of summer's bloom!Late arrival at the feast,Coming when the songs have ceasedAnd the merry guests departed,Leaving but an empty ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Wayfaring Song (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
0 who will walk a mile with meAlong life's merry way?A comrade blithe and full of glee,Who dares to laugh ...
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 Snow-Field (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
White Death had laid his pall upon the plain, And crowned the mountain-peaks like monarchs dead; The vault of heaven was glaring overheadWith ...
The Talisman (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
What is Fortune, what is Fame?Futile gold and phantom name,-Riches buried in a cave,Glory written on a grave.What is Friendship? ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jesus, Thou Divine Companion (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Jesus, Thou divine Companion, By Thy lowly human birth Thou hast come to join the workers, Burden bearers of the ...
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 ...