Britain, France, America (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The rough expanse of democratic seaWhich parts the lands that live by libertyIs no division; for their hearts are one.To ...
The rough expanse of democratic seaWhich parts the lands that live by libertyIs no division; for their hearts are one.To ...
Great Nature had a million words,In tongues of trees and songs of birds,But none to breathe the heart of man,Till ...
Deeds not Words: I say so too!And yet I find it somehow true,A word may help a man in need,To ...
Heart of France for a hundred years, Passionate, sensitive, proud, and strong, Quick to throb with her hopes and fears, ...
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
I BIRTHDAY VERSES Dear Aldrich, now November's mellow days Have brought another Festa round to you, You can't refuse a ...
They who tread the path of labor follow where My feet have trod; They who work without complaining, do the ...
In robes of Tyrian blue the King was drest, A jewelled collar shone upon his breast, A giant ruby glittered ...
When Stiivoren town was in its prime And queened the Zuyder Zee, Its ships went out to every clime With ...
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 ...
Dear to my heart are the ancestral dwellings of America, Dearer than if they were haunted by ghosts of royal ...
O garden isle, beloved by Sun and Sea, -- Whose bluest billows kiss thy curving bays, Whose amorous light enfolds ...
"God said I am tired of kings." -- EMERSON God said, "I am tired of kings,"-- But that was a ...
I The other night I had a dream, most clear And comforting, complete In every line, a crystal sphere, And ...
Limber-limbed, lazy god, stretched on the rock, Where is sweet Echo, and where is your flock? What are you making ...
Count not the cost of honour to the dead! The tribute that a mighty nation pays To those who loved ...
You dare to say with perjured lips, "We fight to make the ocean free"? You, whose black trail of butchered ...
"Lights out" along the land, "Lights out" upon the sea. The night must put her hiding hand O'er peaceful towns ...
In a great land, a new land, a land full of labour and riches and confusion, Where there were many ...
Jesus, Thou divine Companion, By Thy lowly human birth Thou hast come to join the workers, Burden bearers of the ...
Joyful, joyful we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love, Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, hail Thee as ...
Home, for my heart still calls me; Home, through the danger zone; Home, whatever befalls me, I will sail again ...
June 22, 1611 THE SHALLOP ON HUDSON BAY One sail in sight upon the lonely sea And only one, God ...
To the music of Beethoven's ninth symphony Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold ...
(Presbyter of Christ in Americas 1683-1708) To thee, plain hero of a rugged race, We bring the meed of praise ...
I Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair With flowers beneath, above with starry lights, And set thine altars everywhere,-- ...
All the trees are sleeping, all the winds are still, All the flocks of fleecy clouds have wandered past the ...
Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; ...
'Tis fine to see the Old World and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, ...
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