English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Shelley. Генри Ван Дайк.

Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк)

Shelley

Knight-errant of the Never-ending Quest, 
And Minstrel of the Unfulfilled Desire; 
For ever tuning thy frail earthly lyre
To some unearthly music, and possessed
With painful passionate longing to invest
The golden dream of Love’s immortal fire
In mortal robes of beautiful attire, 
And fold perfection to thy throbbing breast!

What wonder, Shelley, if the restless wave
Should claim thee and the leaping flame consume
Thy drifted form on Viareggio’s beach? 
Fate to thy body gave a fitting grave, 
And bade thy soul ride on with fiery plume, 
Thy wild song ring in ocean’s yearning speech!

Henry Van Dyke’s other poems:

1. The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
2. The Wind of Sorrow
3. Spring in the South
4. The Glory of Ships
5. The Oxford Thrushes

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

James McIntyre (Джеймс Макинтайр) Shelley (“England had triplets at a birth”)

Emily Pfeiffer (Эмили Пфайффер) Shelley (“THERE lies betwixt dead Pisa and the sea”)

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