Poem: “Portrait and Reality” by Henry Van Dyke

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Portrait and Reality

If on the closed curtain of my sight My fancy paints thy portrait far away, I see thee still the same, by night or day;Crossing the crowded street, or moving bright‘Mid festal throngs, or reading by the light Of shaded lamp some friendly poet’s lay, Or shepherding the children at their play,—The same sweet self, and my unchanged delight.

But when I see thee near, I recognize In every dear familiar way some strangePerfection, and behold in April guise The magic of thy beauty that doth rangeThrough many moods with infinite surprise,— Never the same, and sweeter with each change.

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American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Henry Van Dyke – Poems by Henry Van Dyke

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