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 Sadness (42 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 ...
The Grand Canyon (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
DAYBREAKWhat makes the lingering Night so cling to thee?Thou vast, profound, primeval hiding-placeOf ancient secrets,-gray and ghostly gulfCleft in the green ...
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 ...
Spring In The North (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IAh, who will tell me, in these leaden days,Why the sweet Spring delays,And where she hides,-the dear desire Of every heart ...
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 Lily of Yorrow (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
DEEP in the heart of the forest the lily of Yorrow is growing;Blue is its cup as the sky, and ...
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 ...
Easter Road (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Under the cloud of world-wide war,While earth is drenched with sorrow,I have no heart for idle merrymaking,Or for the fashioning ...
A November Daisy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Afterthought of summer's bloom!Late arrival at the feast,Coming when the songs have ceasedAnd the merry guests departed,Leaving but an empty ...
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 ...
Good Teacher (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The Lord is my teacher,I shall not lose the way to wisdom.He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning,He ...
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 ...
Wings Of A Dove (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IAt sunset, when the rosy light was dying Far down the pathway of the west,I saw a lonely dove in silence ...
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 ...
Two Songs Of Heine (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I"EIN FICHTENBAUM"A fir-tree standeth lonelyOn a barren northern height,Asleep, while winter coversHis rest with robes of white.In dreams, he sees ...
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 ...
The Window (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
All night long, by a distant bell, The passing hours were notched On the dark, while her breathing rose and ...
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 Oxford Thrushes (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
FEBRUARY, 1917 I never thought again to hear The Oxford thrushes singing clear, Amid the February rain, Their sweet, indomitable ...
The Foolish Fir-Tree (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
A tale that the poet Rückert told To German children, in days of old; Disguised in a random, rollicking rhyme ...
Stars and the Soul (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
To Charles A. Young, Astronomer "Two things," the wise man said, "fill me with awe: The starry heavens and the ...
The Black Birds (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Once, only once, I saw it clear, -- That Eden every human heart has dreamed A hundred times, but ...