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Poem by Henry Van Dyke


To Julia Marlowe


Long had I loved this ”Attic shape,” the brede 
Of marble maidens round this urn divine:
But when your golden voice began to read,
The empty urn was filled with Chian wine.



Henry Van Dyke


Henry Van Dyke's other poems:
  1. Undine
  2. Jeanne d’Arc Returns
  3. Jesus, Thou Divine Companion
  4. Twilight in the Alps
  5. Arrival


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