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Henry Van Dyke's Poetry, by first line

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  • Shelley
    Knight-errant of the Never-ending Quest,
    And Minstrel of the Unfulfilled Desire;
    14 lines
  • Reliance
    Not to the swift, the race:
    Not to the strong, the fight:
    20 lines
  • Hymn of Joy
    To the music of Beethoven's ninth symphony
    Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
    33 lines
  • Mother Earth
    Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed,
    Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the glory of the field,
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • Doors of Daring
    The mountains that enfold the vale
    With walls of granite, steep and high,
    16 lines
  • Departure
    Oh, why are you shining so bright, big Sun,
    And why is the garden so gay?
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • The Black Birds
    I
    Once, only once, I saw it clear, --
    73 lines, 1 comment
  • Stars and the Soul
    To Charles A. Young, Astronomer
    \
    29 lines
  • A Lover's Envy
    I envy every flower that blows
    Along the meadow where she goes,
    20 lines
  • Twilight in the Alps
    I love the hour that comes, with dusky hair
    And dewy feet, along the Alpine dells
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • The Ancestral Dwelling
    Dear to my heart are the ancestral dwellings of America,
    Dearer than if they were haunted by ghosts of royal splendour;
    36 lines
  • If All the Skies
    If all the skies were sunshine,
    Our faces would be fain
    12 lines
  • The Foolish Fir-Tree
    A tale that the poet Rückert told
    To German children, in days of old;
    102 lines
  • They Who Tread the Path of Labor
    They who tread the path of labor follow where My feet have trod;
    They who work without complaining, do the holy will of God;
    12 lines
  • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
    Joyful, joyful we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love,
    Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, hail Thee as the sun above.
    16 lines
  • Christ of Everywhere
    "Christ of the Andes," Christ of Everywhere,
    Great lover of the hills, the open air,
    8 lines
  • Four Things
    Four things a man must learn to do
    If he would make his record true:
    6 lines, 1 comment
  • When Tulips Bloom
    I
    When tulips bloom in Union Aquare,
    52 lines
  • A Noon Song
    There are songs for the morning and songs for the night,
    For sunrise and sunset, the stars and the moon;
    32 lines
  • The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
    This is the soldier brave enough to tell
    The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell':
    4 lines
  • Echoes From the Greek Mythology
    I - STARLIGHT
    With two bright eyes, my star, my love,
    43 lines
  • Jesus, Thou Divine Companion
    Jesus, Thou divine Companion,
    By Thy lowly human birth
    24 lines
  • Homeward Bound
    Home, for my heart still calls me;
    Home, through the danger zone;
    36 lines
  • The Oxford Thrushes
    FEBRUARY, 1917
    I never thought again to hear
    33 lines
  • The Glory of Ships
    The glory of ships is an old, old song,
    since the days when the sea-rovers ran
    54 lines
  • America's Prosperity
    They tell me thou art rich, my country: gold
    In glittering flood has poured into thy chest;
    14 lines
  • Flood-Tide of Flowers
    IN HOLLAND
    The laggard winter ebbed so slow
    31 lines, 1 comment
  • The Proud Lady
    When Stiivoren town was in its prime
    And queened the Zuyder Zee,
    76 lines
  • The Heavenly Hills of Holland
    The heavenly hills of Holland,--
    How wondrously they rise
    32 lines
  • Jeanne d'Arc Returns
    1914-1916
    What hast thou done, O womanhood of France,
    15 lines, 1 comment
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