Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк)

Two Schools

I put my heart to school
In the world, where men grow wise,
”Go out,” I said, ”and learn the rule;
Come back when you win a prize.”

My heart came back again:
”Now where is the prize?” I cried. ----
”The rule was false, and the prize was pain,
And the teacher’s name was Pride.”

I put my heart to school
In the woods, where veeries sing,
And brooks run cool and clear;
In the fields, where wild flowers spring,
And the blue of heaven bends near.
”Go out,” I said: ”you are half a fool,
But perhaps they can teach you here.”

”And why do you stay so long,
My heart, and where do you roam?”
The answer came with a laugh and a song, ---
”I find this school is home.”

1. The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
2. To Julia Marlowe
3. Autumn in the Garden
4. One World
5. The Heavenly Hills of Holland

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