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 Night (56 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ode To Peace (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IIN EXCELSISTwo dwellings, Peace, are thine. One is the mountain-height,Uplifted in the loneliness of light Beyond the realm of shadows,-fine,And far, and ...
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 ...
The Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IWhere's your kingdom, little king? Where the land you call your own, Where your palace and your throne?Fluttering lightly on the wing Through ...
Little Boatie (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A Slumber Song For The Fisherman's Child Furl your sail, my little boatie; Here's the haven, still and deep, Where the dreaming tides, ...
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 Fall Of The Leaves (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IIn warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood:I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.Above ...
The Great Cities (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
How wonderful are the cities that man hath builded:Their walls are compacted of heavy stones,And their lofty towers rise above ...
From Glory Unto Glory (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
AMERICAN FLAG SONG1776O dark the night and dim the day When first our flag arose;It fluttered bravely in the fray To meet ...
Rappelle-Toi (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Remember, when the timid light Through the enchanted hall of dawn is gleaming;Remember, when the pensive night Beneath her silver-sprinkled veil walks ...
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 ...
Stain Not The Sky (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Ye gods of battle, lords of fear, Who work your iron will as well As once ye did with sword and spear, With ...
Three Prayers For Sleep And Waking (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IBEDTIMEEre thou sleepest gently layEvery troubled thought away:Put off worry and distressAs thou puttest off thy dress:Drop thy burden and ...
‘Liberty Enlightening (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay,The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away:Thine ...
Turn O’ The Tide (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The tide flows in to the harbour,- The bold tide, the gold tide, the flood o' the sunlit sea,-And the little ...
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 ...
The Glory Of Ruins (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The lizard rested on the rock while I sat among the ruins,And the pride of man was like a vision ...
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 ...
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 ...
Moving Bells (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I love the hour that comes, with dusky hair And dewy feet, along the Alpine dells, To lead the cattle forth. A ...
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 ...
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 ...