The Poems of Henry Van Dyke

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The Poems of Henry Van Dyke is by Henry Van Dyke. A poem says that deep in the heart of the forest the lily of Yorrow is growing, with a cup as blue as the sky. A verse says that nevermore at twilight, beside the silent mill, will the speaker wait in the falling dew and hear the whip-poor-will.

A poem says that the monuments of mortals are as the glory of the grass, and that through Time's dim portals a voiceless, viewless wind doth pass. The same poem lists towers that incline to dust, massive girders that rust and domes that dissolve in air. A verse addresses all ye good Centurions and wise men of the times, saying that they have made a Poet Laureate and must now hear his rhymes.

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Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), known in full as Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr., was an American author, educator and diplomat who also wrote poetry and worked as a theologian and literary scholar. His books include "The Blue Flower" and "The House of Rimmon".