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 Home (26 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 ...
The Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IWhere's your kingdom, little king? Where the land you call your own, Where your palace and your throne?Fluttering lightly on the wing Through ...
Carmina Festiva (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE LITTLE-NECK CLAMA modern verse-sequence, showing how a native American subject, strictly realistic, may be treated in various manners adapted ...
Little Boatie (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A Slumber Song For The Fisherman's Child Furl your sail, my little boatie; Here's the haven, still and deep, Where the dreaming tides, ...
The Friendly Trees (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I will sing of the bounty of the big trees,They are the green tents of the Almighty,He hath set them ...
‘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 ...
Turn O’ The Tide (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The tide flows in to the harbour,- The bold tide, the gold tide, the flood o' the sunlit sea,-And the little ...
A Shrine In The Pantheon (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
FOR THE UNNAMED SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN FRANCEUniversal approval has been accorded the proposal made in the French Chamber that ...
Wings Of A Dove (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IAt sunset, when the rosy light was dying Far down the pathway of the west,I saw a lonely dove in silence ...
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 ...
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 ...
School (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I put my heart to schoolIn the world where men grow wise:"Go out," I said, "and learn the rule;'Come back ...
Two Schools (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I put my heart to school In the world, where men grow wise, "Go out," I said, "and learn the ...
Urbs Coronata (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
(Song for the City College of New York) O youngest of the giant brood Of cities far-renowned; In wealth 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, ...
The Glory of Ships (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
The glory of ships is an old, old song, since the days when the sea-rovers ran In their open boats ...
The Black Birds (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Once, only once, I saw it clear, -- That Eden every human heart has dreamed A hundred times, but ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
America for Me (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
'Tis fine to see the Old World and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, ...
An American in Europe (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
'Tis fine to see the Old World, and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, ...
A Home Song (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I read within a poet's book A word that starred the page: "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor ...