Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
stars ocean blessed
Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.
rose thorns bears
The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.
dare dies
You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
energy thoughts-and-thinking amount
No amount of energy will take the place of thought.
giving-up winning order
Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.
fishing wish may
I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made.
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Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.
eye light fog
Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away: Thine eyes at last look far and clear, thou liftest high thy hand To spread the light of liberty world-wide for every land.
past europe people
I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.
memories heart thoughtful
For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeat;And still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling memories of the dead.
storm battle triumph
The storm is ended! The impartial sunLaughs down upon the battle lost and won,And crowns the triumph of the cloudy hostIn rolling lines retreating to the coast.
sea fishing rivers
The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to condense itself into one big chance, and stand out before him like a salmon on the top wave of a rapid. He sees his luck hangs by a single strand of gut, and he cannot tell whether it will hold or break. This is the thrilling moment and he never forgets it.
hymns people heaven
Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven.
thinking unsaid tact
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.