Jacob Steendam, noch vaster: a memoir of the first poet in New Netherland, with his poems descriptive of the Colony

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Brothers Giunta d'Albani, 1861 - 59 halaman
 

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Halaman 20 - Amsterdam in the merry month of June, the sweetest month in all the year; when dan Apollo seems to dance up the transparent...
Halaman 44 - The bream and sturgeon, drumfish and gurnard; The sea-bass which a prince would not discard; The cod and salmon , — cooked with due regard , Most palatable.
Halaman 30 - E'en though Bacchus oft has proven Friend to me in my misfortune. Now the midwife who received me, Was Bellona ; in suspense , she Long did sit in trembling fear, For the travail was severe. From the moment I was born, Indian neighbors made me mourn. They pursued me night and day, While my mother kept away. But my sponsors did supply Better my necessity; They sustained my feeble life ; They procured a bounteous wife As my nurse, who did not spare To my lips her paps to bare. This was Ceres ; freely...
Halaman 28 - ... forth are sent, Swift for aid and punishment. I, of Amsterdam , was born, Early of her breasts forlorn; From her care so quickly weaned Oft have I my fate bemoaned. From my youth up left alone, Naught save hardship have I known; Dangers have beset my way From the first I saw the day. Think you this a cause for marvel ? This will then the thread unravel, And the circumstances trace, Which upon my birth took place.
Halaman 38 - ... brings disgrace, what constitutes a wrong, These form the burden of the tuneful song: And honor saved, his senses then among The dark holes ponder. For me, it is a nobler theme I sing. New Netherland springs forth my heroine; Where Amstel's folk did erst their people bring, And still they nourish.
Halaman 40 - Whoe'er to you a judgment fair applies, And knowing, comprehends your qualities, Will justify the man who, to the skies, Extols your glories. Who studies well your natural elements, And with the plumb of science, gains a sense Of all the four: fails not in their defence, Before free juries. Your Air, so clear, so sharp to penetrate, The western breezes softly moderate; And, tempering the heat, they separate It from all moisture. From damp, and mist, and fog, they set it free; From smells of pools,...

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