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The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Henry Van Dyke
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Of Professor Callias,
Listen silent while he drawls,--
Three are benches, four are walls.

_Unknown._



ONE WORLD

_"The worlds in which we live are two:
The world 'I am' and the world 'I do,'"_


The worlds in which we live at heart are one,
The world "I am," the fruit of "I have done";
And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit,
The world "I love,"--the only living root.



JOY AND DUTY


"Joy is a Duty,"--so with golden lore
The Hebrew rabbis taught in days of yore,
And happy human hearts heard in their speech
Almost the highest wisdom man can reach.

But one bright peak still rises far above,
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