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Henry Van Dyke (10 November 1852 – 10 April 1933 / Germantown, Pennsylvania)
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''Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), U.S. poet. America for Me (l. 9-12). . . One Hundred and One Famous Poems. Roy J. Cook, comp. (Rev. ed., 1958) Reilly & Lee Company; reprinted 1981 by Contemporary Books.
And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;
And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome;
But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.''
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''I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), U.S. poet. America for Me (l. 17-18). . . One Hundred and One Famous Poems. Roy J. Cook, comp. (Rev. ed., 1958) Reilly & Lee Company; reprinted 1981 by Contemporary Books.
The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.''
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''Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me!
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), U.S. poet. America for Me (l. 21-24). . . One Hundred and One Famous Poems. Roy J. Cook, comp. (Rev. ed., 1958) Reilly & Lee Company; reprinted 1981 by Contemporary Books.
I want a ship that's westward bound to plow 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.''
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''The legend of Felix is ended, the toiling of Felix is done;
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), U.S. poet. The Toiling of Felix (l. 1-4). . . Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.
The Master has paid him his wages, the goal of his journey is won;
He rests, but he never is idle; a thousand years pass like a day,
In the glad surprise of Paradise where work is sweeter than play.''
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''This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk!
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), U.S. poet. The Toiling of Felix (l. 1-4). BLPA. Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.
The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work.
This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil:
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.''
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