Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Holland: Delft | | Hugo de Groot | | Gerard Brandt (1626–1685) |
| | Translated by John Bowring
DELFT! envy not the Maese,—let her Erasmus claim: | |
| De Groot is great as he,—his glorious end and aim | |
| Were Holland’s happiness; but discord would not heed, | |
| And unity was lost in difference of creed. | |
| Could Holland’s provinces have shared his noble mind, | 5 |
| United Netherland had still remained combined. | | | | |
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