The Builders (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCETON COLLEGEOctober 21, 1896IInto the dust of the making of manSpirit was ...
Henry Van Dyke Poems on Immortality (11 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
The Old Flute (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The time will come when I no more can playThis polished flute: the stops will not obeyMy gnarled fingers; and ...
Tennyson: In Lucem Transitus, October, 1892 (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
FROM the misty shores of midnight, touched with splendors of the moon,To the singing tides of heaven, and the light ...
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 ...
Mother Earth (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed, Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the ...
National Monuments (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Count not the cost of honour to the dead! The tribute that a mighty nation pays To those who loved ...
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 ...
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Joyful, joyful we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love, Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, hail Thee as ...
Hymn of Joy (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
To the music of Beethoven's ninth symphony Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold ...