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 ...
The ways of the world are full of haste and turmoil;I will sing of the tribe of the helpers who ...
Oh, the angler's path is a very merry way, And his road through the world is bright;For he lives with the ...
(Presbyter of Christ in America, 1683-1708)To thee, plain hero of a rugged race, We bring the meed of praise too long ...
I have no joy in strife, Peace is my great desire;Yet God forbid I lose my life Through fear to face the ...
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 ...
I put my heart to schoolIn the world where men grow wise:"Go out," I said, "and learn the rule;'Come back ...
I put my heart to school In the world, where men grow wise, "Go out," I said, "and learn the ...
Heart of France for a hundred years, Passionate, sensitive, proud, and strong, Quick to throb with her hopes and fears, ...
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
I LEGEND Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my ...
When Stiivoren town was in its prime And queened the Zuyder Zee, Its ships went out to every clime With ...
Give us a name to fill the mind With the shining thoughts that lead mankind, The glory of learning, the ...
Through many a land your journey ran, And showed the best the world can boast: Now tell me, traveller, if ...
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 ...
O Music hast thou only heard The laughing river, the singing bird, The murmuring wind in the poplar-trees,-- Nothing but ...
I IN EXCELSIS Two dwellings, Peace, are thine. One is the mountain-height, Uplifted in the loneliness of light Beyond the ...
How blind the toil that burrows like the mole, In winding graveyard pathways underground, For Browning's lineage! What if men ...
"The worlds in which we live are two The world 'I am' and the world 'I do.'" The worlds in ...
I Lover of beauty, walking on the height Of pure philosophy and tranquil song; Born to behold the visions that ...
I PRELUDE Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight, She knew her ...
Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard, Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, ...
June 22, 1611 THE SHALLOP ON HUDSON BAY One sail in sight upon the lonely sea And only one, God ...
If all the skies were sunshine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash ...
All the trees are sleeping, all the winds are still, All the flocks of fleecy clouds have wandered past the ...
(Presbyter of Christ in Americas 1683-1708) To thee, plain hero of a rugged race, We bring the meed of praise ...
I Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair With flowers beneath, above with starry lights, And set thine altars everywhere,-- ...
Like a long arrow through the dark the train is darting, Bearing me far away, after a perfect day of ...
"Christ of the Andes," Christ of Everywhere, Great lover of the hills, the open air, And patient lover of impatient ...
'Tis fine to see the Old World, and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, ...
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