Henry van Dyke I mention next, for he Helped me to keep the second Great Command; As next door neighbor down in Princeton town I could but love him as I love myself. He read his new-made poems as we walked Or sat beneath his Avalonic elm; I could not know their literary worth So like a 'cello was the voice that read, Vibrant to Autumn's passing winds but still Remembering the Summer's melodies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEGEND by JOHN VAN ALSTYN WEAVER BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY CELEBRATION ODE by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN A VINDICATION by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) MODERN MOSES, OR 'MY POLICY' MAN by JAMES MADISON BELL THE EVERLASTING GOD by EDWARD HENRY BICKERSTETH |