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 Time (29 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Another Chance (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A DRAMATIC LYRICCome, give me back my life again, you heavy-handed Death!Uncrook your fingers from my throat, and let me ...
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 ...
A Ballad Of Claremont Hill (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The roar of the city is low, Muffled by new-fallen snow,And the sign of the wintry moon is small and round ...
How Spring Comes To Shasta Jim (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I never seen no "red gods"; I dunno wot's a "lure";But if it's sumpin' takin', then Spring has got it ...
A Bunch Of Trout-Flies (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
FOR ARCHIE RUTLEDGEHere's a half-a-dozen flies,Just about the proper sizeFor the trout of Dickey's Run,-Luck go with them every one!Dainty ...
The Old Flute (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The time will come when I no more can playThis polished flute: the stops will not obeyMy gnarled fingers; and ...
The Psalm Of A Sojourner (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Thou hast taken me into the tent of the world, O God:Beneath thy blue canopy I have found shelter:Therefore thou ...
The Camp-Fires Of My Friend (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Thou hast taken me into thy tent of the world, O God,Beneath thy blue canopy I have found shelter,Therefore thou ...
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 Welcome tent (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
This is the thanksgiving of the weary,The song of him that is ready to rest.It is good to be glad ...
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 ...
Inscriptions (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
. THE HOUSEThe cornerstone in Truth is laid,The guardian walls of Honour made,The roof of Faith is built above,The fire ...
I Am Standing Upon The Seashore. (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and startsfor ...
For The Friends At Hurstmont (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE HOUSEThe cornerstone in Truth is laid,The guardian walls of Honour made,The roof of Faith is built above,The fire upon ...
The Tribe Of The Helpers (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
The ways of the world are full of haste and turmoil;I will sing of the tribe of the helpers who ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
War-Music (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
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 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 ...
Mother Earth (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed, Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the ...
Music (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I PRELUDE Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight, She knew her ...
Longfellow (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
In a great land, a new land, a land full of labour and riches and confusion, Where there were many ...
Inscriptions for a Friend’s House (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE HOUSE The cornerstone in Truth is laid, The guardian walls of Honour made, The roof of Faith is built ...