Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HENRY VAN DYKE, by JOHN HUSTON FINLEY


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HENRY VAN DYKE, by                    
First Line: Henry van dyke I mention next, for he
Last Line: Remembering the summer's melodies.
Subject(s): Van Dyke, Henry (1852-1933)


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.





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