"De roos bade 't hoofd in den stralenden gloed, Wen eens haar de storrem ontluistert, verdoet, Zoo moge z' in 't duister verflensen."

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Poets from the Netherlands
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De Twintigjarige ['The Twenty-year-old'] st. 1. First version, as quoted in Jc. Smit, E. J. Potgieter (1950) p. 37. Translated in Theodoor Weevers, Poetry of the Netherlands in its European Context, 1170–1930 (University of London: The Athlone Press, 1960) p. 151