Love's Nearness

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Title:     Love's Nearness
Author: Henry Van Dyke [More Titles by Van Dyke]

I think of thee when golden sunbeams glimmer
Across the sea;
And when the waves reflect the moon's pale shimmer
I think of thee.

I see thy form when down the distant highway
The dust-clouds rise;
In darkest night, above the mountain by-way
I see thine eyes.

I hear thee when the ocean-tides returning
Aloud rejoice;
And on the lonely moor in silence yearning
I hear thy voice.

I dwell with thee; though thou art far removed,
Yet thou art near.
The sun goes down, the stars shine out,--Beloved
If thou wert here!

_From the German of Goethe_, 1898.

[The end]
Henry Van Dyke's poem: Love's Nearness

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