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 World (61 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ars Agricolaris (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
An Ode for the "Farmer's Dinner," University Club, New York, January 23, 1913All hail, ye famous Farmers!Ye vegetable-charmers,Who know the ...
Golden Stars (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IIt was my lot of late to travel farThrough all America's domain,A willing, gray-haired servitorBearing the Fiery Cross of righteous ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mercy For Armenia (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ITHE TURK'S WAYStand back, ye messengers of mercy! Stand Far off, for I will save my troubled folk In my own way. ...
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 ...
Salute To The Trees (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Many a tree is found in the woodAnd every tree for its use is good:Some for the strength of the ...
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 ...
The Distant Road (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Blessed is the man that beholdeth the face of a friend in a far country,The darkness of his heart is ...
Dulciora (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A tear that trembles for a little whileUpon the trembling eyelid, till the worldWavers within its circle like a dream,Holds ...
A Psalm Of The Distant Road (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Happy is the man that seeth the face of a friend in a far country:The darkness of his heart is ...
To A Young Girl Singing (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Oh, what do you know of the song, my dear, And how have you made it your own?You have caught the ...
The After-Echo (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
How long the echoes love to play Around the shore of silence, as a wave Retreating circles down the sand! One after one, ...
Peace-Hymn Of The Republic (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
O Lord our God, Thy mighty handHath made our country free;From all her broad and happy landMay praise arise to ...
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 ...