Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк)

To James Whitcomb Riley

On his ”Book of Joyous Children”

Yours is a garden of old-fashioned flowers;
Joyous children delight to play there;
Weary men find rest in its bowers,
Watching the lingering light of day there.

Old-time tunes and young love’s laughter
Ripple and run among the roses;
Memory’s echoes, murmuring after,
Fill the dusk when the long day closes.

Simple songs with a cadence olden--
These you learned in the Forest of Arden:
Friendly flowers with hearts all golden--
These you borrowed from Eden’s garden.

This is the reason why all men love you;
Truth to life is the charm of art:
Other poets may soar above you--
You keep close to the human heart.

1. Hesper
2. The Gentle Traveller
3. A Health to Mark Twain
4. Urbs Coronata
5. Flood-Tide of Flowers

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) To James Whitcomb Riley ("Your trail runs to the westward")

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