School Poems: Two Schools by Henry Van Dyke

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 4:58 pm on Jul 24, 1979

I put my heart to school In the world, where men grow wise, “Go out,” I said, “and learn the rule; Come back when you win a prize.” My heart came back again: “Now where is the prize?” I cried. —- “The rule was false, and the prize was pain, And the teacher’s name was [...]


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