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TO THE PATRONS OF NEW NETHERLAND, 1656, by                    
First Line: Still amstel's ancient burghers live
Last Line: But when their loss brings gain, doubly rejoice.
Subject(s): Engraving And Engravers; New York City - Dutch Period; Van Der Donck, Adrian (1620-1655); Yonkers, New York


For an engraving by Adrian vander Donck, who died in 1655, leaving to his
wife the colony of Colen-Donck, or Yonkers.)

Still Amstel's ancient burghers live,
And East and West extend their care;
To all the lands wise laws they give,
And to the beast-like savage there.
New Holland's gardens still they till
With unforgotten old-time skill.

Why mourn Brazil, full of base Portuguese,
When vander Donck points out such pleasant lands—
Where corn swells golden ears, and from the trees
Hang rosy grapes, ready for eager hands?
Men mourn a loss, and then in vain their voice;
But when their loss brings gain, doubly rejoice.





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