The Builders (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCETON COLLEGEOctober 21, 1896IInto the dust of the making of manSpirit was ...
ODE FOR THE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCETON COLLEGEOctober 21, 1896IInto the dust of the making of manSpirit was ...
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 ...
A DEMOCRATIC ODEITHE WILD-BEESAll along the Brazos river,All along the Colorado,In the valleys and the lowlandsWhere the trees were tall ...
PHI BETA KAPPA ODEHARVARD UNIVERSITYJune 30, 1910IAll day long in the city's canyon-street, With its populous cliffs alive on either side, I ...
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 river of dreams runs quietly down From its hidden home in the forest of sleep, With a measureless motion calm and ...
IIt was my lot of late to travel farThrough all America's domain,A willing, gray-haired servitorBearing the Fiery Cross of righteous ...
A DRAMATIC LYRICCome, give me back my life again, you heavy-handed Death!Uncrook your fingers from my throat, and let me ...
How wonderful are the cities that man hath builded:Their walls are compacted of heavy stones,And their lofty towers rise above ...
AMERICAN FLAG SONG1776O dark the night and dim the day When first our flag arose;It fluttered bravely in the fray To meet ...
Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue,America's crusading host of warriors bold and true;They battled for the ...
Many a tree is found in the woodAnd every tree for its use is good:Some for the strength of the ...
Under the cloud of world-wide war,While earth is drenched with sorrow,I have no heart for idle merrymaking,Or for the fashioning ...
The lizard rested on the rock while I sat among the ruins,And the pride of man was like a vision ...
Mine enemies have prevailed against me, O God:Thou hast led me deep into their ambush.They surround me with a hedge ...
IN HER TOWER OF YADDOThis is the window's message, In silence, to the Queen:"Thou hast a double kingdom And I am set ...
What is Fortune, what is Fame?Futile gold and phantom name,-Riches buried in a cave,Glory written on a grave.What is Friendship? ...
There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light,And every kind of love makes a glory in the ...
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
In robes of Tyrian blue the King was drest, A jewelled collar shone upon his breast, A giant ruby glittered ...
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 ...
The glory of ships is an old, old song, since the days when the sea-rovers ran In their open boats ...
To Charles A. Young, Astronomer "Two things," the wise man said, "fill me with awe: The starry heavens and the ...
Dear to my heart are the ancestral dwellings of America, Dearer than if they were haunted by ghosts of royal ...
Now in the oak the sap of life is welling, Tho' to the bough the rusty leafage clings; Now on ...
Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed, Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the ...
Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard, Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, ...
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 ...
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