Living

For Katrina's Window

by Henry van Dyke 1852–1933

From The Poems of Henry van Dyke (1925)

Living

This is the window's message,
In silence, to the Queen:
"Thou hast a double kingdom
And I am set between:
Look out and see the glory,
On hill and plain and sky:
Look in and see the light of love
That nevermore shall die!"

L'ENVOI

Window in the Queen's high tower,
This shall be thy magic power!
Shut the darkness and the doubt,
Shut the storm and conflict, out;
Wind and hail and snow and rain
Dash against thee all in vain.
Let in nothing from the night,--
Let in every ray of light!

✦ ✦ ✦

From "Epigrams, Greetings, and Inscriptions". Subtitle in the source: In Her Tower of Yaddo.

MLA

Dyke, Henry van. “For Katrina's Window.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/93/.

Chicago

Dyke, Henry van. “For Katrina's Window.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/93/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Henry van Dyke