Poem: “The Echo in the Heart” by Henry Van Dyke

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The Echo in the Heart

It’s little I can tell About the birds in books;And yet I know them well, By their music and their looks: When May comes down the lane, Her airy lovers throng To welcome her with song, And follow in her train: Each minstrel weaves his part In that wild-flowery strain, And I know them all again By their echo in my heart.

It’s little that I care About my darling’s placeIn books of beauty rare, Or heraldries of race: For when she steps in view, It matters not to me What her sweet type may be, Of woman, old or new. I can’t explain the art, But I know her for my own, Because her lightest tone Wakes an echo in my heart.

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