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 ...
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Henry Van Dyke Poems (241 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gran’ Boule (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
A SEAMAN'S TALE OF THE SEAWe men hat go down for a livin' in ships to the sea,-We love it ...
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 ...