In Praise of Poets
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American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Henry Van Dyke – Poems by Henry Van Dyke
< < < Edmund Clarence Stedman
Richard Watson Gilder > > >
To James Whitcomb Riley
ON HIS “BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN”
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.
December, 1903.
< < < Edmund Clarence Stedman
Richard Watson Gilder > > >
American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Henry Van Dyke – Poems by Henry Van Dyke
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