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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH FOR PETER STUYVESANT, 1682, by HENRICUS SELYNS First Line: Here lieth stuyvesant-stir not too deep the sand! Last Line: Insufferable. At first too rich; at last too poor. Subject(s): Epitaphs; New York City - Dutch Period; Stuyvesant, Peter (1610-1672) | |||
Here lieth Stuyvesant—stir not too deep the sand— He who commander was of all New Netherland. Unto the foe perforce he gave the country o'er; If grief and sorrow ever burden hearts, his heart Did die a thousand deaths and did endure a smart Insufferable. At first too rich; at last too poor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KNICKERBOCKER'S ADDRESS TO THE STUYVESANT PEAR TREE, 1647-1857 by HENRY WEBB DUNSHEE MOTHER (MARGERY CARRUTH, 1896-1981) by HAYDEN CARRUTH REMEMBERED MUSIC; A FRAGMENT by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL MY MADONNA by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE ON A CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY by JONATHAN SWIFT FAUSTINE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE POPPY: FANTASTIC EXTRAVAGANCE by FRANCIS THOMPSON A DEDICATION TO ATHENE by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS THE EVE OF BANNOCKBURN by JOHN BARBOUR |
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