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A poem by Henry Van Dyke |
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The Camp-Fires of My Friend |
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Title: The Camp-Fires of My Friend Author: Henry Van Dyke [More Titles by Van Dyke] THE CAMP-FIRES OF MY FRIEND Thou hast taken me into thy tent of the world, O God, Naked and poor I arrived at thy door before sunset: I have loved the daily delights of thy dwelling, Surely thou wilt not send me away in the darkness? Then the Lord of the tent of the world made answer: Yet hearken to me since thou fearest to go in the dark: Poor and needy will I come that thou mayest entertain me, Therefore open thy heart to me and bid me welcome, Then my soul rested in the word of the Lord; [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |