Utrecht Poems - Poems about Utrecht

... Star of Utrecht, Anna van Schurman Was not allowed to distract men She had to study behind a curtain Her brilliance wrote history for certain ......

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...Adriaen von Utrecht loved to paint his pet A large Still life wit h Dog&cat upon his easel often sat......

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...Grammar Series SECOND CONDITIONAL If I were a gambling man as my sin; (I confess an occasional flutter) Then if I had an acceptable win, I would buy myself some new schmutter * Note: it wo......

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...(absurdly enough, a true story) Four centuries ago this year (believe me, for I’ve checked!) Britain and Spain jointly adhered to the Treaty of Utrecht. They’d been at war so long before, c......

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...My Ode to the Netherlands White water lilies picked for Verlena in Friesland. The Dutch Republic is over a century old. We are there during autumn. Flowers are everywh......

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...Beneath Australia’s expansive sunlit sky, I recall the patchwork quilt, where my life began 12 provinces united, one country created; uniformity resists when anthems unite the parochial clan From st......

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...Ode to the Netherlands Oh, Netherlands, I remember you well the beautiful cities I came to know Brukelen, Haarlem, Utrecht and Zeist as a younger man in search of lore the blue canals along th......

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