Love And Light (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,And every kind of love makes a glory in the ...
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,And every kind of love makes a glory in the ...
(Song for the City College of New York) O youngest of the giant brood Of cities far-renowned; In wealth and ...
Heart of France for a hundred years, Passionate, sensitive, proud, and strong, Quick to throb with her hopes and fears, ...
The fire of love was burning, yet so low That in the dark we scarce could see its rays, And ...
All night long, by a distant bell, The passing hours were notched On the dark, while her breathing rose and ...
In robes of Tyrian blue the King was drest, A jewelled collar shone upon his breast, A giant ruby glittered ...
I LEGEND Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my ...
O wonderful! How liquid clear The molten gold of that ethereal tone, Floating and falling through the wood alone, A ...
Give us a name to fill the mind With the shining thoughts that lead mankind, The glory of learning, the ...
A tale that the poet Rückert told To German children, in days of old; Disguised in a random, rollicking rhyme ...
The glory of ships is an old, old song, since the days when the sea-rovers ran In their open boats ...
The heavenly hills of Holland,-- How wondrously they rise Above the smooth green pastures Into the azure skies! With blue ...
Stand fast, Great Britain! Together England, Scotland, Ireland stand One in the faith that makes a mighty land, True to ...
I IN EXCELSIS Two dwellings, Peace, are thine. One is the mountain-height, Uplifted in the loneliness of light Beyond the ...
If on the closed curtain of my sight My fancy paints thy portrait far away, I see thee still the ...
Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to ...
I The other night I had a dream, most clear And comforting, complete In every line, a crystal sphere, And ...
I Lover of beauty, walking on the height Of pure philosophy and tranquil song; Born to behold the visions that ...
I PRELUDE Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight, She knew her ...
For that thy face is fair I love thee not; Nor yet because the light of thy brown eyes Hath ...
Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard, Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, ...
Long, long, long the trail Through the brooding forest-gloom, Down the shadowy, lonely vale Into silence, like a room Where ...
"Lights out" along the land, "Lights out" upon the sea. The night must put her hiding hand O'er peaceful towns ...
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhatten Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean ...
THE HOUSE The cornerstone in Truth is laid, The guardian walls of Honour made, The roof of Faith is built ...
Joyful, joyful we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love, Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, hail Thee as ...
To the music of Beethoven's ninth symphony Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold ...
A soft veil dims the tender skies, And half conceals from pensive eyes The bronzing tokens of the fall; A ...
I Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair With flowers beneath, above with starry lights, And set thine altars everywhere,-- ...
Like a long arrow through the dark the train is darting, Bearing me far away, after a perfect day of ...
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