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- THE POEMS OF HENRY VAN DYKE
- A NEW AND REVISED EDITION WITH MANY HITHERTO UNCOLLECTED LONDON ARTHUR F. BIRD MCMXXV
- CONTENTS
- SONGS OUT OF DOORS EARLY VERSES
- SONGS OUT OF DOORS LATER POEMS
- NARRATIVE POEMS
- LABOUR AND ROMANCE
- HEARTH AND ALTAR
- EPIGRAMS, GREETINGS, AND INSCRIPTIONS
- PRO PATRIA
- THE RED FLOWER AND GOLDEN STARS
- IN PRAISE OF POETS
- MUSIC
- THE HOUSE OF RIMMON A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS
- APPENDIX CARMINA FESTIVA
- SONGS OUT OF DOORS EARLY VERSES
- THE AFTER-ECHO
- DULCIORA
- THREE ALPINE SONNETS
- I THE GLACIER
- II THE SNOW-FIELD
- III MOVING BELLS
- MATINS
- THE PARTING AND THE COMING GUEST
- IF ALL THE SKIES
- WINGS OF A DOVE
- I
- II
- THE FALL OF THE LEAVES
- I
- II
- III
- A SNOW-SONG
- ROSLIN AND HAWTHORNDEN
- SONGS OUT OF DOORS LATER POEMS
- WHEN TULIPS BLOOM
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
- THE LILY OF YORROW
- THE VEERY
- THE SONG-SPARROW
- THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT
- A NOVEMBER DAISY
- THE ANGLER'S REVEILLE
- THE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
- I
- II
- III
- SCHOOL
- INDIAN SUMMER
- SPRING IN THE NORTH
- I
- II
- III
- SPRING IN THE SOUTH
- A NOON SONG
- LIGHT BETWEEN THE TREES
- THE HERMIT THRUSH
- TURN O' THE TIDE
- SIERRA MADRE
- THE GRAND CANYON
- DAYBREAK
- THE HEAVENLY HILLS OF HOLLAND
- FLOOD-TIDE OF FLOWERS
- IN HOLLAND
- ODE GOD OF THE OPEN AIR
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- NARRATIVE POEMS THE TOILING OF FELIX A LEGEND ON A NEW SAYING OF JESUS
- THE TOILING OF FELIX
- I PRELUDE
- II LEGEND
- III ENVOY
- VERA
- I
- II
- III
- ANOTHER CHANCE
- A DRAMATIC LYRIC
- A LEGEND OF SERVICE
- THE WHITE BEES
- I LEGEND
- II THE SWARMING OF THE BEES
- III LEGEND
- NEW YEAR'S EVE
- I
- II
- III
- THE VAIN KING
- THE FOOLISH FIR-TREE
- “GRAN' BOULE”
- A SEAMAN'S TALE OF THE SEA
- HEROES OF THE “TITANIC”
- THE STANDARD-BEARER
- I
- II
- THE PROUD LADY
- LYRICS OF LABOUR AND ROMANCE
- A MILE WITH ME
- THE THREE BEST THINGS
- I WORK
- II LOVE
- III LIFE
- RELIANCE
- DOORS OF DARING
- THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN
- LOVE'S REASON
- THE ECHO IN THE HEART
- “UNDINE”
- “RENCONTRE”
- LOVE IN A LOOK
- MY APRIL LADY
- A LOVER'S ENVY
- FIRE-FLY CITY
- THE GENTLE TRAVELLER
- NEPENTHE
- DAY AND NIGHT
- HESPER
- ARRIVAL
- DEPARTURE
- THE BLACK BIRDS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- WITHOUT DISGUISE
- AN HOUR
- “RAPPELLE-TOI”
- LOVE'S NEARNESS
- TWO SONGS OF HEINE
- I “EIN FICHTENBAUM”
- II “DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME”
- EIGHT ECHOES FROM THE POEMS OF AUGUSTE ANGELLIER
- I THE IVORY CRADLE
- II DREAMS
- III THE GARLAND OF SLEEP
- IV TRANQUIL HABIT
- V THE OLD BRIDGE
- VI EYES AND LIPS 1
- 2
- 3
- VII AN EVOCATION
- VIII RESIGNATION 1
- 2
- RAPPEL D'AMOUR
- THE RIVER OF DREAMS
- SONGS OF HEARTH AND ALTAR
- A HOME SONG
- “LITTLE BOATIE”
- A SLUMBER-SONG FOR THE FISHERMAN'S CHILD
- A MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY
- TRANSFORMATION
- RENDEZVOUS
- GRATITUDE
- PEACE
- SANTA CHRISTINA
- THE BARGAIN
- TO THE CHILD JESUS
- I THE NATIVITY
- II THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
- BITTER-SWEET
- HYMN OF JOY
- TO THE MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
- SONG OF A PILGRIM-SOUL
- ODE TO PEACE
- I IN EXCELSIS
- II DE PROFUNDIS
- THREE PRAYERS FOR SLEEP AND WAKING
- I BEDTIME
- II NIGHT WATCH
- III NEW DAY
- PORTRAIT AND REALITY
- THE WIND OF SORROW
- HIDE AND SEEK
- I
- II
- AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN
- THE MESSAGE
- DULCIS MEMORIA
- THE WINDOW
- CHRISTMAS TEARS
- DOROTHEA
- 1888-1912
- EPIGRAMS, GREETINGS, AND INSCRIPTIONS
- FOR KATRINA'S SUN-DIAL
- IN HER GARDEN OF YADDO
- FOR KATRINA'S WINDOW
- IN HER TOWER OF YADDO
- L'ENVOI
- FOR THE FRIENDS AT HURSTMONT
- THE HOUSE
- THE HEARTH
- THE DOOR
- THE DIAL
- THE SUN-DIAL AT MORVEN
- FOR BAYARD AND HELEN STOCKTON
- THE SUN-DIAL AT WELLS COLLEGE
- FOR THE CLASS OF 1904
- TO MARK TWAIN
- I AT A BIRTHDAY FEAST
- II AT THE MEMORIAL MEETING
- STARS AND THE SOUL
- (TO CHARLES A. YOUNG, ASTRONOMER)
- TO JULIA MARLOWE
- (READING KEATS' ODE ON A GRECIAN URN)
- TO JOSEPH JEFFERSON
- THE MOCKING-BIRD
- THE EMPTY QUATRAIN
- PAN LEARNS MUSIC
- FOR A SCULPTURE BY SARA GREENE
- THE SHEPHERD OF NYMPHS
- ECHOES FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY
- I STARLIGHT
- II ROSELEAF
- III PHOSPHOR—HESPER
- IV SEASONS
- V THE VINE AND THE GOAT
- VI THE PROFESSOR
- ONE WORLD
- JOY AND DUTY
- THE PRISON AND THE ANGEL
- THE WAY
- LOVE AND LIGHT
- FACTA NON VERBA
- FOUR THINGS
- THE GREAT RIVER
- INSCRIPTION FOR A TOMB IN ENGLAND
- THE TALISMAN
- THORN AND ROSE
- “THE SIGNS”
- Dedicated to the Zodiac Club
- PRO PATRIA
- PATRIA
- AMERICA
- THE ANCESTRAL DWELLINGS
- HUDSON'S LAST VOYAGE
- THE SHALLOP ON HUDSON BAY June 22, 1611
- SEA-GULLS OF MANHATTAN
- A BALLAD OF CLAREMONT HILL
- URBS CORONATA
- (Song for the City College of New York)
- MERCY FOR ARMENIA
- I THE TURK'S WAY
- II AMERICA'S WAY
- SICILY, DECEMBER, 1908
- “COME BACK AGAIN, JEANNE D'ARC”
- NATIONAL MONUMENTS
- THE MONUMENT OF FRANCIS MAKEMIE
- (Presbyter of Christ in America, 1683-1708)
- THE STATUE OF SHERMAN BY ST. GAUDENS
- “AMERICA FOR ME”
- THE BUILDERS
- ODE FOR THE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCETON COLLEGE October 21, 1896 I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- SPIRIT OF THE EVERLASTING BOY
- ODE FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL June 11, 1910 I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- TEXAS
- A DEMOCRATIC ODE * I THE WILD-BEES
- II THE LONE STAR
- III THE CONSTELLATION
- IV AFTER THE PIONEERS
- WHO FOLLOW THE FLAG
- PHI BETA KAPPA ODE HARVARD UNIVERSITY June 30, 1910 I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- STAIN NOT THE SKY
- PEACE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
- THE RED FLOWER AND GOLDEN STARS
- THE RED FLOWER
- June, 1914
- A SCRAP OF PAPER
- STAND FAST
- LIGHTS OUT
- (1915)
- REMARKS ABOUT KINGS
- MIGHT AND RIGHT
- THE PRICE OF PEACE
- STORM-MUSIC
- THE BELLS OF MALINES
- August 17, 1914
- JEANNE D'ARC RETURNS *
- 1914-1916
- THE NAME OF FRANCE
- AMERICA'S PROSPERITY
- THE GLORY OF SHIPS
- MARE LIBERUM
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- “LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD”
- THE OXFORD THRUSHES
- February, 1917
- HOMEWARD BOUND
- THE WINDS OF WAR-NEWS
- RIGHTEOUS WRATH
- THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR
- FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY
- AMERICAN FLAG SONG 1776
- Chorus
- 1861
- Chorus
- 1917
- Chorus
- BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMERICA
- THE RED CROSS
- EASTER ROAD
- 1918
- AMERICA'S WELCOME HOME
- THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET
- GOLDEN STARS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- IN THE BLUE HEAVEN
- A SHRINE IN THE PANTHEON
- FOR THE UNNAMED SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN FRANCE
- IN PRAISE OF POETS
- MOTHER EARTH
- MILTON
- I
- II
- III
- WORDSWORTH
- KEATS
- SHELLEY
- ROBERT BROWNING
- TENNYSON
- In Lucem Transitus, October, 1892
- “IN MEMORIAM”
- VICTOR HUGO
- 1802-1902
- LONGFELLOW
- THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
- I BIRTHDAY VERSES, 1906
- II MEMORIAL SONNET, 1908
- EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
- (Read at His Funeral, January 21, 1908)
- TO JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
- ON HIS “BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN”
- RICHARD WATSON GILDER
- IN MEMORIAM
- THE VALLEY OF VAIN VERSES
- MUSIC
- MUSIC
- I PRELUDE 1
- 2
- II INVOCATION
- III PLAY SONG
- IV SLEEP SONG
- V HUNTING SONG
- VI DANCE-MUSIC 1
- 2
- VII WAR-MUSIC
- VIII THE SYMPHONY
- IX IRIS
- X SEA AND SHORE
- MASTER OF MUSIC
- (In memory of Theodore Thomas, 1905)
- THE PIPES O' PAN
- TO A YOUNG GIRL SINGING
- THE OLD FLUTE
- THE FIRST BIRD O' SPRING
- TO OLIVE WHEELER
- THE HOUSE OF RIMMON A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
- ACT I
- Scene I
- Scene II
- ACT II
- ACT III
- Scene I
- Scene II *
- ACT IV
- Scene I
- Scene II
- APPENDIX CARMINA FESTIVA
- THE LITTLE-NECK CLAM
- I THE ANTI-TRUST CLAM For McClure's Magazine
- II THE WHITMANIAC CLAM For the Bookman
- III IL MERCATORE ITALIANO DELLA CLAMMA For the Century Magazine
- IV THE SOCIAL CLAM For the Smart Set
- V THE RECREANT CLAM For the Outlook
- A FAIRY TALE
- For the Mark Twain Dinner, December 5, 1905
- THE BALLAD OF THE SOLEMN ASS
- Recited at the Century Club, New York: Twelfth Night. 1906
- A BALLAD OF SANTA CLAUS
- For the St. Nicholas Society of New York
- ARS AGRICOLARIS
- An Ode for the “Farmer's Dinner,” University Club, New York, January 23, 1913
- ANGLER'S FIRESIDE SONG
- HOW SPRING COMES TO SHASTA JIM
- A BUNCH OF TROUT-FLIES
- For Archie Rutledge
- INDEX OF FIRST LINES
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