(10 November 1852 – 10 April 1933 / Germantown, Pennsylvania)

poet Henry Van Dyke
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Pan Learns Music

Limber-limbed, lazy god, stretched on the rock,
Where is sweet Echo, and where is your flock?
What are you making here? "Listen," said Pan, --
"Out of a river-reed music for man!"

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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