Henry Van Dyke Poems (241 Poems)
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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 of divine delight,-A world of many sorrows too, revealedIn fading flowers and withering leaves and darkTear-laden clouds, and tearless, clinging … Continue reading
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 breathed when his life began,Lifting him up from his low estate,With masterful passion, the wish to create.Out of the dust … Continue reading
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 life He brake, Through the fields of harvest walking With His lowly comrades, talking Of the secret thoughts that feed Weary souls in … Continue reading
Texas (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A DEMOCRATIC ODE ITHE WILD-BEESAll along the Brazos river,All along the Colorado,In the valleys and the lowlandsWhere the trees were tall and stately,In the rich and rolling meadowsWhere the grass was full of wild-flowers,Came a humming and a buzzing,Came the … Continue reading
Who Follow The Flag (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
PHI BETA KAPPA ODEHARVARD UNIVERSITYJune 30, 1910 IAll day long in the city’s canyon-street, With its populous cliffs alive on either side, I saw a river of marching men like a tideFlowing after the flag: and the rhythmic beat Of the drums, and … Continue reading
Eight Echoes From The Poems Of August Angellier (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ITHE IVORY CRADLEThe cradle I have made for theeIs carved of orient ivory,And curtained round with wavy silkMore white than hawthorn-bloom or milk.A twig of box, a lilac spray,Will drive the goblin-horde away;And charm thy childlike heart to keepHer happy … Continue reading
Spirit Of The Everlasting Boy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOLJune 11, 1910 IThe British bard who looked on Eton’s walls,Endeared by distance in the pearly grayAnd soft aerial blue that ever fallsOn English landscape with the dying day,Beheld in thought his boyhood … Continue reading
The Grand Canyon (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
DAYBREAK What makes the lingering Night so cling to thee?Thou vast, profound, primeval hiding-placeOf ancient secrets,-gray and ghostly gulfCleft in the green of this high forest land,And crowded in the dark with giant forms!Art thou a grave, a prison, or a … Continue reading
Gran’ Boule (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A SEAMAN’S TALE OF THE SEA We men hat go down for a livin’ in ships to the sea,-We love it a different way from you poets that ‘bide on the land.We are fond of it, sure! But, you take … Continue reading
Ars Agricolaris (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
An Ode for the “Farmer’s Dinner,” University Club, New York, January 23, 1913 All hail, ye famous Farmers!Ye vegetable-charmers,Who know the art of making barren earthSmile with prolific mirthAnd bring forth twins or triplets at a birth!Ye scientific fertilizers of … Continue reading
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