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Poem by Henry Van Dyke


The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens


This is the soldier brave enough to tell 
The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell’: 
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife, 
And rides through hell to save his country’s life.



Henry Van Dyke


Henry Van Dyke's other poems:
  1. The Wind of Sorrow
  2. The Sun-Dial at Wells College
  3. The Gentle Traveller
  4. The Hermit Thrush
  5. Dulcis Memoria


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