Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY; ON HIS 'BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN', by HENRY VAN DYKE Poet's Biography First Line: Yours is a garden of old-fashioned flowers Last Line: You keep close to the human heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916) | ||||||||
YOURS is a garden of old-fashioned flowers; Joyous children delight to play there; Weary men find rest in its bowers, Watching the lingering light of day there. Old-time tunes and young love-laughter Ripple and run among the roses; Memory's echoes, murmuring after, Fill the dusk when the long day closes. Simple songs with a cadence olden -- These you learned in the Forest of Arden: Friendly flowers with hearts all golden -- These you borrowed from Eden's garden. This is the reason why all men love you; Truth to life is the finest art: Other poets may soar above you -- You keep close to the human heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON HEARING JAMES W. RILEY READ; FROM A KENTUCKY STANDPOINT by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. DIVIDED HONORS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON MEMORY'S PAGEANT; IN MEMORY OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY by EVA D. THRASHER JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST LITTLE BOATIE'; A SLUMBER SONG FOR THE FISHERMAN'S CHILD by HENRY VAN DYKE 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 |
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