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    The Poetry Of Henry Van Dyke: "Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."
    The Poetry Of Henry Van Dyke: "Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."
    The Poetry Of Henry Van Dyke: "Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."
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    The Poetry Of Henry Van Dyke: "Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."

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    Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we look at the works of the American poet Henry Van Dyke. Henry van Dyke was born on November 10th, 1852 at Germantown in Pennsylvania. His education was of the highest quality; he graduated from Princeton University in 1873 and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877 (and later served as a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923). He chaired the committee that wrote the first Presbyterian printed liturgy, The Book of Common Worship of 1906. As a writer he is known mainly for his poetry and of course his short stories. Among these are the two Christmas stories, The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). Religion meant much to him and its motifs recur constantly in his poetry, hymns and the essays collected in Little Rivers (1895) and Fisherman’s Luck (1899). He wrote the lyrics to the popular hymn, "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" (1907), sung to the tune of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". He compiled several short stories in The Blue Flower (1902). In 1908-09 he was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson, a friend and former classmate of van Dyke, he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913. His poetry was widely admired and was even used as the basis for several hymns and songs, latterly in the 1960s so his influence has been long lasting. Henry Van Dyke died on April 10th, 1933 and is perhaps best remembered in the following quote from his work: "Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity". Many samples of his work can be found at our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee Many of these poems are in an audiobook by our sister company and can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. Among the readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe

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    The Poetry Of Henry Van Dyke: "Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."
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    Henry Van Dyke

    Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011) was born in Allegan, Michigan, and grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, where his parents were professors at Alabama State College. He served in the Army in occupied Germany, playing flute in the 427th Marching Band. There he abandoned his early ambition to become a concert pianist and began to write. In 1958, after attending the University of Michigan on the G.I. Bill and living in Ann Arbor, he moved to New York, where he spent the rest of his life. Henry taught creative writing part-time at Kent State University from 1969 until his retirement in 1993, and was the author of four novels, including Blood of Strawberries, a sequel to Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes.

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    The Poetry Of Henry Van Dyke

    Poetry is a fascinating use of language.  With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries.  In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage.  In this volume we look at the works of the American poet Henry Van Dyke.

    Henry van Dyke was born on November 10th, 1852 at Germantown in Pennsylvania. His education was of the highest quality; he graduated from Princeton University in 1873 and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877 (and later served as a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923).

    He chaired the committee that wrote the first Presbyterian printed liturgy, The Book of Common Worship of 1906.

    As a writer he is known mainly for his poetry and of course his short stories.    Among these are the two Christmas stories, The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). Religion meant much to him and its motifs recur constantly in his poetry, hymns and the essays collected in Little Rivers (1895) and Fisherman’s Luck (1899). He wrote the lyrics to the popular hymn, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (1907), sung to the tune of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. He compiled several short stories in The Blue Flower (1902).

    In 1908-09 he was an American lecturer at the University of Paris.

    By appointment of President Wilson, a friend and former classmate of van Dyke, he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913.

    His poetry was widely admired and was even used as the basis for several hymns and songs, latterly in the 1960s so his influence has been long lasting. 

    Henry Van Dyke died on April 10th, 1933 and is perhaps best remembered in the following quote from his work: Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity.

    Many samples of his work can be found at our youtube channel   http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee   Many of these poems are in an audiobook by our sister company and can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores.  Among the readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe

    Index Of Poems

    A Child In The Garden

    A Health To Mark Twain At His Birthday Feast

    A Legend Of Service

    A Mile With Me

    A Scrap Of Paper

    America's Prosperity

    Arrival

    Autumn In The Garden

    Departure

    Doors Of Daring

    Flood-Tide Of Flowers

    God Of The Open Air

    Gratitude

    Homeward Bound

    Indian Summer

    Late Spring

    Liberty Enlightening The World

    Light Between the Trees

    Love In A Look

    Love's Nearness

    Love's Reason

    Master Of Music

    Mother Earth

    National Monuments

    One World

    Portrait And Reality

    Reliance

    Stars And The Soul

    The Ancestral Dwelling

    The Black Birds

    The Foolish Fir-Tree

    The Gentle Traveller

    The Glory Of Ships

    The Hermit Thrush

    The Message

    The Proud Lady

    The Red Flower

    The Vain King

    The Wind Of Sorrow

    Two Schools

    Without Disguise

    Work

    A 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 fraught,

    It seemed some purer voice must speak before

    I dared to tread that garden

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