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 ...
Henry Van Dyke Poems on Love (91 Poems)
Roslin and Hawthornden (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
FAIR Roslin Chapel, how divineThe art that reared thy costly shrine!Thy carven columns must have grownBy magic, like a dream ...
Rendezvous (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I count that friendship little worth Which has not many things untold, Great longings that no words can hold,And passion-secrets waiting birth.Along ...
An Hour (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
You only promised me a single hour: But in that hour I journeyed through a year Of life: the joy of finding ...
Righteous Wrath (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
There are many kinds of anger, as many kinds of fire;And some are fierce and fatal with murderous desire;And some ...
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 ...
The Glacier (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
At dawn in silence moves the mighty stream, The silver-crested waves no murmur make; But far away the avalanches wakeThe rumbling echoes, ...
Bitter-Sweet (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Just to give up, and trust All to a Fate unknown, Plodding along life's road in the dust, Bounded by walls of stone;Never ...
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 ...
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 ...
For Katrina’s Sun-Dial (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IN HER GARDEN OF YADDO Hours fly, Flowers die New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays.________________________________________ Time isToo Slow for those who Wait,Too Swift for those ...
For Katrina’s Window (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IN HER TOWER OF YADDOThis is the window's message, In silence, to the Queen:"Thou hast a double kingdom And I am set ...
The Winds Of War-News (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The winds of war-news change and veer:Now westerly and full of cheer,Now easterly, depressing, sourWith tidings of the Teutons' power.But ...
The Valley Of Vain Verses (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The grief that is but feigning,And weeps melodious tearsOf delicate complainingFrom self-indulgent years;The mirth that is but madness,And has no ...
In Memoriam (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The record of a faith sublime, And hope, through clouds, far-off discerned; The incense of a love that burnedThrough pain and doubt ...
Dorothea (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
1888-1912A deeper crimson in the rose,A deeper blue in sky and sea,And ever, as the summer goes,A deeper loss in ...
The Red Cross (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Sign of the Love Divine That bends to bear the loadOf all who suffer, all who bleed, Along life's thorny road:Sign of ...
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? ...
Joy And Duty (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
"Joy is a Duty,"-so with golden loreThe Hebrew rabbis taught in days of yore,And happy human hearts heard in their ...
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 ...
The Prisoner And The Angel (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul;Love is the only angel who can bid the gates ...
The Way (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;While he who ...
Without Disguise (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
If I have erred in showing all my heart, And lost your favour by a lack of pride; If standing ...
Undine (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
'T was far away and long ago, When I was but a dreaming boy, This fairy tale of love 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, ...
Time Is (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, ...
The Wind of Sorrow (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
The fire of love was burning, yet so low That in the dark we scarce could see its rays, And ...
They Who Tread the Path of Labor (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
They who tread the path of labor follow where My feet have trod; They who work without complaining, do the ...
The White Bees (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I LEGEND Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my ...
The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
This is the soldier brave enough to tell The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell': Lover of peace, he looks ...