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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Lucas Rotgans (1645–1710)

Rotgans, Lucas (rot’gäns). A Dutch poet; born in Amsterdam, Oct. 1645; died at Kromwyck, Nov. 3, 1710. He wrote an epic poem of great merit, in eight cantos, of which the hero is William of Orange (William III. of England); two tragedies, ‘Æneas and Turnus’ and ‘Scylla,’ played with great success for a long time; ‘The Parish Feast,’ a descriptive poem in two songs; and ‘Miscellaneous Poems.’