The Builders: And Other PoemsC. Scribner's Sons, 1897 - 87 pages |
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ARMENIA ballad bird blessing bloom blossoms breath bright BUILDERS CHANT Charles Scribner's Sons Claremont Hill comes creep dark dear deep divine dream earth earthly edge of Clare edge of Claremont everywhere fain fair faith flower forest fortress gleam glory go a-fishing God's green grow hand happy human hear the Master's heard heaven heavenly Heinrich Heine HENRY VAN DYKE holy keep land lifted light lily of Yorrow lonely look maiden Spring Master's voice Mighty mont Hill never fade nevermore night o'er open air peace praise prayer pride Princeton rain Remember rest roar Sad and shrill secret seems set thy shalt Shine shore silence sing song sorrow soul splendour stand stars stone stood stream strife sweet Sweet-sweet-sweet-very merry cheer sweeter thine Thor Thou canst toil touch towers trees true Unto veery walk a mile walls wandering weary whippoorwill winds wing Witchery-witchery-witchery wood woodland wrought
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Page 39 - FOUR things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow-men sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely.
Page 6 - When tulips bloom in Union Square, And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town, Like children lost in Vanity Fair; When every long, unlovely row Of westward houses stands aglow, And leads the eyes...
Page 23 - THERE is a bird I know so well, It seems as if he must have sung Beside my crib when I was young; Before I knew the way to spell The name of even the smallest bird, His gentle-joyful song I heard. Now see if you can tell, my dear. What bird it is that, every year, Sings "Sweet — sweet — sweet — very merry cheer.
Page 16 - IF ALL THE SKIES IF all the skies were sunshine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling plash of rain.
Page 35 - CROM the misty shores of midnight, touched with splendours of the moon, To the singing tides of heaven, and the light more clear than noon, Passed a soul that grew to music till it was with God in tune. Brother of the greatest poets, true to nature, true to art; Lover of Immortal Love, uplifter of the human heart; Who shall cheer us with high music, who shall sing, if thou depart ? Silence here — for love is silent, gazing on the lessening sail; Silence here — for grief is voiceless when the...
Page 8 - Leaks upward slowly from the ground, While on the wing the blue-birds ring Their wedding-bells to woods around. The flirting chewink calls his dear Behind the bush ; and very near, Where water flows, where green grass grows, Song-sparrows gently sing,
Page 48 - Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul ; Truth is the only angel that can bid the gates unroll ; And when he comes to call thee, arise and follow fast; His way may lie through darkness, but it leads to light at last.
Page 64 - Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.
Page 29 - I longed to hear a simpler strain, — the wood-notes of the veery. The laverock sings a bonny lay above the Scottish heather; It sprinkles down from far away like light and love together; He drops the golden notes to greet his brooding mate, his dearie; I only know one song more sweet, — the vespers of the veery. In English gardens green and bright and full of fruity treasure, I heard the blackbird with delight repeat his merry measure...
Page 23 - Of many colors, smart and gay; His suit is Quaker brown and gray, With darker patches at his throat. And yet of all the well-dressed throng Not one can sing so brave a song. It makes the pride of looks appear A vain and foolish thing, to hear His "Sweet — sweet — sweet — very merry cheer.