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The Empty Quatrain

by Henry Van Dyke

Henry van Dyke

A flawless cup: how delicate and fine
The flowing curve of every jewelled line!
Look, turn it up or down, 't is perfect still,--
But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine.




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    Sea-Gulls of Manhattan
    by Henry van Dyke
    Children of the elemental mother, Born upon some lonely island shore Where the wrinkled ripples run and whisper, Where the crested billows plunge and roar;