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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RELIANCE, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poet's Biography
First Line: Not to the swift, the race
Last Line: But from the depths of love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
First Line: Not to the swift, the race
Last Line: But from the depths of love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
NOT to the swift, the race:
Not to the strong, the fight:
Not to the righteous, perfect grace:
Not to the wise, the light.
But often faltering feet
Come surest to the goal;
And they who walk in darkness meet
The sunrise of the soul.
A thousand times by night
The Syrian hosts have died;
A thousand times the vanquished right
Hath risen, glorified.
The truth the wise men sought
Was spoken by a child;
The alabaster box was brought
In trembling hands defiled.
Not from my torch, the gleam,
But from the stars above:
Not from my heart, life's crystal stream,
But from the depths of Love.
Other Poems of Interest...
A MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY by HENRY VAN DYKE
A WAYFARING SONG by HENRY VAN DYKE
AN ANGLER'S WISH by HENRY VAN DYKE
FOUR THINGS [TO DO] by HENRY VAN DYKE
HOME THOUGHTS FROM EUROPE by HENRY VAN DYKE
MARE LIBERUM by HENRY VAN DYKE
THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN by HENRY VAN DYKE