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Subject: STUYVESANT, PETER (1610-1672)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPITAPH FOR PETER STUYVESANT, 1682, by HENRICUS SELYNS    Poem Text                    
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)


PETER STUYVESANT'S NEW YEAR'S CALL, 1 JAN. 1661, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Where nowadays the battery lies
Last Line: To breakfast at his bouwery.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; New York City - Dutch Period; Patriotism; Stuyvesant, Peter (1610-1672); United States - Dutch Settlements


THE KNICKERBOCKER'S ADDRESS TO THE STUYVESANT PEAR TREE, 1647-1857, by HENRY WEBB DUNSHEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Fam'd relic of the ancient time, as on thy form I / gaze
Last Line: Till light no more shall bless the land where liberty was born.
Subject(s): Government; Memory; New York City - Dutch Period; Stuyvesant, Peter (1610-1672)