Poems by Henry Van Dyke
New Year's Eve
... To him, -- but ah! 't was Marguerite who came! There in the dear old dusky room she stood ...
One World
... And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, ...
Pan Learns Music
... Limber-limbed, lazy god, stretched on the rock, ...
Patria
... The charm of France, or England's mighty sway ...
Peace
... IIDE PROFUNDISBut in the depth thou hast another home, ...
Portrait and Reality
... Crossing the crowded street, or moving bright ...
Reliance
... Not from my heart, life's crystal stream, ...
Remarks About Kings
... And see what that brings!" Then God, who made the first remark, ...
Shelley
... And fold perfection to thy throbbing breast!What wonder, Shelley, if the restless wave ...
Sicily, December 1908
... Thy beauty waste in wreck and agony! Is Nature, then, a strife of jealous powers, ...
Spring in the South
... Jove's golden shower into Danae's breast!Now on the plum the snowy bloom is sifted, ...
Stand Fast!
... Their hands will break the sword that seeks thy life ...
The Ancestral Dwelling
... Music and laughter float from the windows, the yards are full of hounds and horses ...
The Foolish Fir-Tree
... and so With leaves of green lettuce, all tender and sweet, ...
The Gentle Traveller
... And showed the best the world can boast: ...