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Music and Other Poems By: Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) |
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By Henry van Dyke
To my son Tertius this book is dedicated Transcribed from the book published October, 1904 by Charles Scribner's Sons. CONTENTS ODES
Music
Peace
Victor Hugo
God of the Open Air
SONNETS
Work
Life
Love
The Child in the Garden
Love's Reason
Portrait and Reality
The Wind of Sorrow
Patria
LEGENDS
A Legend of Service
The Vain King
LYRICS
A Mile with Me
Spring in the South
Love's Nearness
Two Schools
A Prayer for a Mother's Birthday
Indian Summer
One World
Hide and Seek
Dulcis Memoria
Autumn in the Garden
The Message
Light Between the Trees
Reliance
GREETINGS AND INSCRIPTIONS
Katrina's Sun dial
To James Whitcomb Riley
A Health to Mark Twain
A Rondeau of College Rhymes
The Mocking bird
The Empty Quatrain
Inscriptions for a Friend's House
The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
The Sun dial at Wells College
ODES
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 thou wast born?
Thou flower of rapture and thou fruit of grief;
Invisible enchantress of the heart;
Mistress of charms that bring relief
To sorrow, and to joy impart
A heavenly tone that keeps it undefiled,
Thou art the child
Of Amor, and by right divine
A throne of love is thine,
Thou flower folded, golden girdled, star crowned Queen,
Whose bridal beauty mortal eyes have never seen!
II Thou art the Angel of the pool that sleeps,
While peace and joy lie hidden in its deeps,
Waiting thy touch to make the waters roll
In healing murmurs round the weary soul.
Ah, when wilt thou draw near,
Thou messenger of mercy robed in song?
My lonely heart has listened for thee long;
And now I seem to hear
Across the crowded market place of life,
Thy measured foot fall, ringing light and clear
Above the unmeaning noises and the unruly strife;
In quiet cadence, sweet and slow,
Serenely pacing to and fro,
Thy far off steps are magical and dear.
Ah, turn this way, come close and speak to me!
From this dull bed of languor set my spirit free,
And bid me rise, and let me walk awhile with thee
III Where wilt thou lead me first?
In what still region
Of thy domain,
Whose provinces are legion,
Wilt thou restore me to myself again,
And quench my heart's long thirst?
I pray thee lay thy golden girdle down,
And put away thy starry crown:
For one dear restful hour
Assume a state more mild.
Clad only in thy blossom broidered gown
That breathes familiar scent of many a flower,
Take the low path that leads thro' pastures green;
And though thou art a Queen,
Be Rosamund awhile, and in thy bower,
By tranquil love and simple joy beguiled,
Sing to my soul, as mother to her child.
IV O lead me by the hand,
And let my heart have rest,
And bring me back to childhood land,
To find again the long lost band
Of playmates blithe and blest. Some quaint, old fashioned air,
That all the children knew,
Shall run before us everywhere,
Like a little maid with flying hair,
To guide the merry crew. Along the garden ways
We chase the light foot tune,
And in and out the flowery maze,
With eager haste and fond delays,
In pleasant paths of June. For us the fields are new,
For us the woods are rife
With fairy secrets, deep and true,
And heaven is but a tent of blue
Above the game of life... Continue reading book >>
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