English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. One World. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) One World ”The worlds in which we live are two The world ’I am’ and the world ’I do.’” The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world ”I am,” the fruit of ”I have done”; And […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Nepenthe. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Nepenthe Yes, it was like you to forget, And cancel in the welcome of your smile My deep arrears of debt, And with the putting forth of both your hands To sweep away the bars my folly set […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. National Monuments. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) National Monuments Count not the cost of honour to the dead! The tribute that a mighty nation pays To those who loved her well in former days Means more than gratitude for glories fled; For every noble man […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Mother Earth. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) 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, Mother of all the manifold forms of life, deep-bosomed, patient, impassive, Silent brooder and nurse […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Master of Music. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Master of Music Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard, Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, – Look how the world with the lights that they lit is illumined and starred, Brief was the […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Mare Liberum. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Mare Liberum You dare to say with perjured lips, ”We fight to make the ocean free”? You, whose black trail of butchered ships Bestrews the bed of every sea Where German submarines have wrought Their horrors! […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Love in a Look. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Love in a Look Let me but feel thy look’s embrace, Transparent, pure, and warm, And I’ll not ask to touch thy face, Or fold thee with mine arm. For in thine eyes a girl doth rise, Arrayed in […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Love. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Love Let me but love my love without disguise, Nor wear a mask of fashion old or new, Nor wait to speak till I can hear a clue, Nor play a part to shine in others’ eyes, Nor bow my knees […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Lights Out. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Lights Out ”Lights out” along the land, ”Lights out” upon the sea. The night must put her hiding hand O’er peaceful towns where children sleep, And peaceful ships that darkly creep Across the waves, as if they were not free. […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Le Panneau. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Le Panneau Under the rose-tree’s dancing shade There stands a little ivory girl, Pulling the leaves of pink and pearl With pale green nails of polished jade. The red leaves fall upon the mould, The white leaves flutter, one by one, Down to […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Light Between the Trees. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Light Between the Trees Long, long, long the trail Through the brooding forest-gloom, Down the shadowy, lonely vale Into silence, like a room Where the light of life has fled, And the jealous curtains close Round the passionless repose Of the […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Keats. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Keats The melancholy gift Aurora gained From Jove, that her sad lover should not see The face of death, no goddess asked for thee, My Keats! But when the crimson blood-drop stained Thy pillow, thou didst read the fate ordained, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) 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. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Jeanne d’Arc Returns. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Jeanne d’Arc Returns 1914-1916 What hast thou done, O womanhood of France, Mother and daughter, sister, sweetheart, wife, What hast thou done, amid this fateful strife, To prove the pride of thine inheritance In this fair land of freedom […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Jeanne d’Arc. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Jeanne d’Arc The land was broken in despair, The princes quarrelled in the dark, When clear and tranquil, through the troubled air Of selfish minds and wills that did not dare, Your star arose, Jeanne d’Arc. O virgin breast with […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Hymn of Joy. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Hymn of Joy To the music of Beethoven’s ninth symphony Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, Praising Thee their sun above. Melt the clouds […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Hide and Seek. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Hide and Seek All the trees are sleeping, all the winds are still, All the flocks of fleecy clouds have wandered past the hill; Through the noonday silence, down the woods of June, Hark, a little hunter’s voice comes running with […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Hesper. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Hesper Her eyes are like the evening air, Her voice is like a rose, Her lips are like a lovely song, That ripples as it flows, And she herself is sweeter than The sweetest thing she knows. A slender, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Gratitude. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Gratitude ”Do you give thanks for this? — or that?” No, God be thanked I am not grateful In that cold, calculating way, with blessing ranked As one, two, three, and four, — that would be hateful. I […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Fire-Fly City. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Fire-Fly City Like a long arrow through the dark the train is darting, Bearing me far away, after a perfect day of love’s delight: Wakeful with all the sad-sweet memories of parting, I lift the narrow window-shade and look out on […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Madonna Mia. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Madonna Mia A LILY-GIRL, not made for this world’s pain, With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears, And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears Like bluest water seen through mists of rain: Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Edmund Clarence Stedman. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Edmund Clarence Stedman Oh, quick to feel the lightest touch Of beauty or of truth, Rich in the thoughtfulness of age, The hopefulness of youth, The courage of the gentle heart, The wisdom of the pure, The strength of finely […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Christ of Everywhere. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Christ of Everywhere ”Christ of the Andes,” Christ of Everywhere, Great lover of the hills, the open air, And patient lover of impatient men Who blindly strive and sin and strive again, — Thou Living Word, larger […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Autumn in the Garden. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Autumn in the Garden When the frosty kiss of Autumn in the dark Makes its mark On the flowers, and the misty morning grieves Over fallen leaves; Then my olden garden, where the golden soil Through the toil Of a hundred […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Arrival. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Arrival Across a thousand miles of sea, a hundred leagues of land, Along a path I had not traced and could not understand, I travelled fast and far for this, — to take thee by the hand. A pilgrim […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. America’s Prosperity. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) America’s Prosperity They tell me thou art rich, my country: gold In glittering flood has poured into thy chest; Thy flocks and herds increase, thy barns are pressed With harvest, and thy stores can hardly hold Their merchandise; unending trains are […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. A Rondeau of College Rhymes. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) A Rondeau of College Rhymes Our college rhymes,–how light they seem, Like little ghosts of love’s young dream That led our boyish hearts away From lectures and from books, to stray By flowery mead and flowing stream! There’s nothing here, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. A Prayer for a Mother’s Birthday. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) A Prayer for a Mother’s Birthday Lord Jesus, Thou hast known A mother’s love and tender care: And Thou wilt hear, while for my own Mother most dear I make this birthday prayer. Protect her life, I pray, Who gave […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. A Home Song. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) A Home Song I read within a poet’s book A word that starred the page: ”Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage!” Yes, that is true; and something more You’ll find, where’er […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. A Health to Mark Twain. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) A Health to Mark Twain At his Birthday Feast With memories old and wishes new We crown our cups again, And here’s to you, and here’s to you With love that ne’er shall wane! And may you keep, at sixty-seven, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Child in the Garden. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Child in the Garden When to the garden of untroubled thought I came of late, and saw the open door, And wished again to enter, and explore The sweet, wild ways with stainless bloom inwrought, And bowers of innocence with beauty […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Panthea. Оскар Уайльд. Пантея
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Panthea NAY, let us walk from fire unto fire, From passionate pain to deadlier delight,– I am too young to live without desire, Too young art thou to waste this summer night Asking those idle questions which of old Man sought of seer and […]
English Poetry. George Gordon Byron. Stanzas . Джордж Гордон Байрон. Стансы
George Gordon Byron (Джордж Гордон Байрон) Stanzas When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbours; Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, And get knocked on the head for his labours. To […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Black Birds. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Black Birds I Once, only once, I saw it clear, – That Eden every human heart has dreamed A hundred times, but always far away! Ah, well do I remember how it seemed, Through the still atmosphere Of that enchanted […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Music. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Music I PRELUDE Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight, She knew her Love and saw her Lord depart, Then breathed her wonder and her woe forlorn Into a single cry, and […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Love’s Nearness. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Love’s Nearness I think of thee, when golden sunbeams shimmer Across the sea; And when the waves reflect the moon’s pale glimmer, I think of thee. I see thy form, when down the distant highway The dust-clouds rise; In deepest night, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Late Spring. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Late Spring I Ah, who will tell me, in these leaden days, Why the sweet Spring delays, And where she hides, — the dear desire Of every heart that longs For bloom, and fragrance, and the ruby fire Of maple-buds along […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Katrina’s Sun-Dial. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Katrina’s Sun-Dial Hours fly, Flowers die: New days, New ways: Pass by! Love stays. Henry Van Dyke’s other poems: The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens The Wind of Sorrow Spring in the South Patria Nepenthe To the dedicated […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Inscriptions for a Friend’s House. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Inscriptions for a Friend’s House THE HOUSE The cornerstone in Truth is laid, The guardian walls of Honour made, The roof of Faith is built above, The fire upon the hearth is Love: Though rains descend and loud winds call, This […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Wordsworth. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Wordsworth Wordsworth, thy music like a river rolls Among the mountains, and thy song is fed By living springs far up the watershed; No whirling flood nor parching drought controls The crystal current: even on the shoals […]