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    Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
    Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
    Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
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    Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time

    Written by Henry Van Dyke

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    These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.
    Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Paper" and "Stand Fast," were written in 1914 and bore the signature Civis Americanus—the use of my own name at the time being impossible. Two others, "Lights Out" and "Remarks about Kings," were read for me by Robert Underwood Johnson at the meeting of the American Academy in Boston, November, 1915, at which I was unable to be present.
    The rest of the verses were printed after I had resigned my diplomatic post and was free to say what I thought and felt, without reserve.
    The "Interludes in Holland" are thoughts of the peaceful things that will abide for all the world after we have won this war against war.
    SYLVANORA, October 1, 1917. - Summary by Henry Van Dyke
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Henry Van Dyke

    Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011) was born in Allegan, Michigan, and grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, where his parents were professors at Alabama State College. He served in the Army in occupied Germany, playing flute in the 427th Marching Band. There he abandoned his early ambition to become a concert pianist and began to write. In 1958, after attending the University of Michigan on the G.I. Bill and living in Ann Arbor, he moved to New York, where he spent the rest of his life. Henry taught creative writing part-time at Kent State University from 1969 until his retirement in 1993, and was the author of four novels, including Blood of Strawberries, a sequel to Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes.

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