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 Life (68 Poems)
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 ...
Texas (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A DEMOCRATIC ODEITHE WILD-BEESAll along the Brazos river,All along the Colorado,In the valleys and the lowlandsWhere the trees were tall ...
Who Follow The Flag (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
PHI BETA KAPPA ODEHARVARD UNIVERSITYJune 30, 1910IAll day long in the city's canyon-street, With its populous cliffs alive on either side, I ...
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 ...
Spirit Of The Everlasting Boy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOLJune 11, 1910IThe British bard who looked on Eton's walls,Endeared by distance in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Whip-Poor-Will (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Do you remember, father,-- It seems so long ago,-- The day we fished together Along the Pocono? At dusk I waited for you, Beside the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ameria’s Welcome Home (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue,America's crusading host of warriors bold and true;They battled for the ...
A Psalm Of The Unseen Altar (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Man the maker of cities is also a builder of altars:Among his habitations he setteth tables for his god.He bringeth ...
The Parting And The Coming Guest (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Who watched the worn-out Winter die? Who, peering through the window-pane At nightfall, under sleet and rainSaw the old graybeard totter by?Who ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Veery (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE MOONBEAMS over Arno's vale in silver flood were pouring, When first I heard the nightingale a long-lost love deploring. So passionate, ...
Dulciora (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A tear that trembles for a little whileUpon the trembling eyelid, till the worldWavers within its circle like a dream,Holds ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Transformation (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Only a little shrivelled seed,It might be flower, or grass, or weed;Only a box of earth on the edgeOf a ...
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 ...