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Poem by Henry Van Dyke


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Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.



Henry Van Dyke


Henry Van Dyke's other poems:
  1. Two Schools
  2. A Prayer for a Mother’s Birthday
  3. Sea-Gulls of Manhattan
  4. The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
  5. Jeanne d’Arc


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