Living
If All the Skies
From The Poems of Henry van Dyke (1925)
Living
If all the skies were sunshine,
Our faces would be fain
To feel once more upon them
The cooling plash of rain.
If all the world were music,
Our hearts would often long
For one sweet strain of silence.
To break the endless song.
If life were always merry,
Our souls would seek relief,
And rest from weary laughter
In the quiet arms of grief.
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Codex Note
From "Songs out of Doors" (Early Verses).
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Dyke, Henry van. “If All the Skies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/8/.
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Dyke, Henry van. “If All the Skies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/8/.
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