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 ...
IA silent world,-yet full of vital joyUttered in rhythmic movements manifold,And sunbeams flashing on the face of thingsLike sudden smilings ...
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 ...
ITHE IVORY CRADLEThe cradle I have made for theeIs carved of orient ivory,And curtained round with wavy silkMore white than ...
DAYBREAKWhat makes the lingering Night so cling to thee?Thou vast, profound, primeval hiding-placeOf ancient secrets,-gray and ghostly gulfCleft in the green ...
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 ...
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 LITTLE-NECK CLAMA modern verse-sequence, showing how a native American subject, strictly realistic, may be treated in various manners adapted ...
The roar of the city is low, Muffled by new-fallen snow,And the sign of the wintry moon is small and round ...
DEEP in the heart of the forest the lily of Yorrow is growing;Blue is its cup as the sky, and ...
IIn warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood:I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.Above ...
Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue,America's crusading host of warriors bold and true;They battled for the ...
Man the maker of cities is also a builder of altars:Among his habitations he setteth tables for his god.He bringeth ...
Ye gods of battle, lords of fear, Who work your iron will as well As once ye did with sword and spear, With ...
IAT A BIRTHDAY FEASTWith memories old and wishes newWe crown our cups again,And here's to you, and here's to youWith ...
Under the cloud of world-wide war,While earth is drenched with sorrow,I have no heart for idle merrymaking,Or for the fashioning ...
Lord Jesus, Thou hast known A mother's love and tender care: And Thou wilt hear, While for my own Mother most dear I make this ...
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay,The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away:Thine ...
This is the thanksgiving of the weary,The song of him that is ready to rest.It is good to be glad ...
O Lord our God, Thy mighty handHath made our country free;From all her broad and happy landMay praise arise to ...
I"How can I tell," Sir Edmund said, "Who has the right or the wrong o' this thing? Cromwell stands for the people's ...
The ways of the world are full of haste and turmoil;I will sing of the tribe of the helpers who ...
IAt sunset, when the rosy light was dying Far down the pathway of the west,I saw a lonely dove in silence ...
I have no joy in strife, Peace is my great desire;Yet God forbid I lose my life Through fear to face the ...
I love the hour that comes, with dusky hair And dewy feet, along the Alpine dells, To lead the cattle forth. A ...
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 ...
The winds of war-news change and veer:Now westerly and full of cheer,Now easterly, depressing, sourWith tidings of the Teutons' power.But ...
Wordsworth, thy music like a river rolls Among the mountains, and thy song is fed By living springs far up ...
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