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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DEAL IN REAL ESTATE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Barendt cuyler, indian trader
Last Line: "brother -- let us dream no more!"
Subject(s): Dreams; Native Americans; New York City - Dutch Period; Smoking; Nightmares; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


A LEGEND OF HELL GATE, 1675, by GIDEON JOHN TUCKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: A saucy boat was the annetje block
Last Line: When the hell gate tide is out.
Subject(s): Death; Legends; New York City - Dutch Period; Sea Voyages; Tragedy; Dead, The


A LEGEND OF MAIDEN LANE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas dusk in the dale, but the clover ...
Last Line: "as a sweete, wholesome laugh from ye hearte of a mayde!"
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Legends; New York City - Dutch Period; Temptation; Work; Workers


A LILT IN FALL, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The brown of her eyes in the oaken leaf
Last Line: Oh, all the world shall sing of her!
Subject(s): Autumn; New York City - Dutch Period; Seasons; Singing & Singers; Fall; Songs


A SCANDAL IN NEW AMSTERDAM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Across the inlet's ebb and rise
Last Line: "I firmly believe that the tale was true!)"
Subject(s): Defamation; Marriage; New York City - Dutch Period; Slander; Libel; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


A SONG IN JUNE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On a rosebush that grows in the garden you
Last Line: And it would not be june if it were not for you.
Subject(s): Flowers; June; New York City - Dutch Period; Orioles; Roses; Singing & Singers; Songs


A SPRINGTIME PILGRIMAGE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Feet on the hills and heads in the sky
Last Line: Here in the hollow of tarrytown.
Subject(s): New England; New York City - Dutch Period; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Spring


A TRIAL IN NEW AMSTERDAM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye who have chafed at the law's delays
Last Line: "verdict for plaintiff. Said beer was good."
Subject(s): New England; New York City - Dutch Period; Trials


AN APRIL ROMANCE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The crystal spears of slantwise-driven rain
Last Line: The princess daffodil, of trembling gold.
Subject(s): April; New York City - Dutch Period; Rain


AN OLD ROAD, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In days that were- no matter when
Last Line: The road that leads not anywhere.
Subject(s): Life; New York City - Dutch Period; Roads; Paths; Trails


BORGER JORIS'S HAMMER, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A landholding freeman, a burgher of pith
Last Line: "the mortals who wield them with power and will."
Subject(s): Blacksmiths; Gnomes; Iron & Steel Industry; New York City - Dutch Period


BOWLING GREEN, by LOUISE MORGAN SILL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Where the city's rushing throng
Last Line: On the green.
Subject(s): Bowling Green, New York City; Leisure; New York City - Dutch Period


DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas in the month when lilacs bloom
Last Line: The garments of the great ten broeck.
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Legends; May (month); Nature; New York City - Dutch Period


EIGHT OARS AND A COXSWAIN, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Eight oars compel
Last Line: "steady! Pull it thr-o-o-ough!"
Subject(s): Boats; New York City - Dutch Period; Rowing; Sea Gulls; Sports


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)


FOR THE AVERY 'KNICKERBOCKER', by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Shade of herrick, muse of locker
Last Line: This the muse can never do!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Boughton, George Henry (1833-1905); New York City - Dutch Period; Poetry & Poets; Smoking; United States - Dutch Settlements; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


HALLOWEEN CHARM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fern seed, hemp seed, water of the well
Last Line: Take my secret thought to him and call him home again!
Subject(s): Halloween; Life; New York City - Dutch Period; Peace


HOW PEARL STREET WAS PAVED, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In wouter van twiller's manorial pale
Last Line: We manage the streets of the city to-day.
Subject(s): Cows; New York City - Dutch Period; Streets; Avenues


HUDSON, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ma-hican-ittuck! / river to the mountains
Last Line: Beats warm and unafraid.
Subject(s): Hearts; Mountains; New York City - Dutch Period; Rivers; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


HUDSON'S VOYAGE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Through the ice of nova zembla, through the fogs that held
Last Line: "so unmoor, and set the tiller for the sea-road to cathay!"
Subject(s): Hudson, Henry (1550-1611); New York City - Dutch Period


KISSING BRIDGE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No roebling reared that primal way
Last Line: As then in old nieuw amsterdam!
Subject(s): Bridges; Kisses; New England; New York City - Dutch Period


MINETTA WATER, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deer-hoof dint and moccasin print
Last Line: Through the crumbled homes of men.
Subject(s): Animals; Brooks; Hunting; New York City - Dutch Period; Streams; Creeks; Hunters


ON THE HARLEM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hand that ruled the helm was yours
Last Line: And gunwale-deep in goldenrod.
Subject(s): Boats; Harlem River, New York; New York City - Dutch Period


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


POSSESSION, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When soft I lay in the mossy bed
Last Line: "we all belong to the sweet, green woods!"
Subject(s): Animals; Forests; Love; New York City - Dutch Period; Woods


RAMBOUT VAN DAM; THE FLYING DUTCHMAN OF THE TAPPAN ZEE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On tappan zee a shroud of gray
Last Line: A sound -- and naught beside.
Variant Title(s): Rambout Van Dam
Subject(s): Legends; New York City - Dutch Period; Tappan Zee, Hudson River


SLEEPY HOLLOW, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas in the drowsy moon of falling leaves
Last Line: That hears the murmur of pocantico.
Subject(s): Forests; Magic; New England; New York City - Dutch Period; Woods


STORM SIGNALS, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cloud-wreath, mist-sheath
Last Line: The foam is bound to fly!
Subject(s): New York City - Dutch Period; Sea; Storms; Ocean


THE 'GOED VROW' AND THE DUTCH PILGRIM FATHERS, MAY 4, 1626, by EDWARD HOPPER    Poem Text                    
First Line: The old dutch pilgrims were a solid race
Last Line: For those strong words that bind our states together!
Subject(s): New York City - Dutch Period; United States - Dutch Settlements


THE CRITICS, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The moon was up and I was young
Last Line: Had washed those erring lines away.
Subject(s): Animals; Critics & Criticism; Moon; New York City - Dutch Period; Night; Bedtime


THE DUTCH PATROL, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When christmas-eve is ended
Last Line: Proclaim 'tis christmas day.
Subject(s): Christmas; Holidays; Memorial Day; Netherlands; New York City - Dutch Period; U.s. - Dutch Settlements; Nativity, The; Declaration Day; Holland; Dutch People


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)


THE LEGEND OF THE BRONX, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With sword and bible, brood and dame
Last Line: "come to our valley of homes!"
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City; Legends; New York City - Dutch Period; Peace; Summer


THE LORD OF THE DUNDERBERG, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Goblin and kobold and elf and gnome
Last Line: Strike flag to the lord of the dunderberg!
Subject(s): Fantasy; Gnomes; New York City - Dutch Period; Ships & Shipping


THE PIRATE'S SPUKE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Leave the dull present, to seek awhile
Last Line: And the force of an iron will.
Subject(s): Devil; New York City - Dutch Period; Pirates; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Piracy; Buccaneers


THE RATTLE-WATCH OF NEW AMSTERDAM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hark to the rattle's discordant swell!
Last Line: If our patrolmen were paid in coal!
Subject(s): New England; New York City - Dutch Period; Night; Police; Sailing & Sailors; Bedtime; Seamen; Sails


THE ROAD, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My way of life is a winding road
Last Line: "and something coming around the bend!'"
Subject(s): Life; New York City - Dutch Period; Roads; Singing & Singers; Paths; Trails; Songs


THUNDERSTORM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The smiths of the heavens are mending the weather
Last Line: Proclaims to the world that the weather is mended.
Subject(s): New York City - Dutch Period; Storms


TO THE PATRONS OF NEW NETHERLAND, 1656, by EVERT NIEUWENHOF    Poem Text                    
First Line: Still amstel's ancient burghers live
Last Line: But when their loss brings gain, doubly rejoice.
Subject(s): Engraving And Engravers; New York City - Dutch Period; Van Der Donck, Adrian (1620-1655); Yonkers, New York


WILLIAM THE TESTY, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Afar in the ages of quaint renown
Last Line: That governs the town of new amsterdam!
Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Kieft, Willem (1597-1647); New York City - Dutch Period; Politics; Quarrels; Politicians; Political Poetry; Arguments; Disagreements


WIZARD'S WELL, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Trudchen! Trudchen!' teased the maids
Last Line: Tell me -- did that wish come true?
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Girls; Kisses; New York City - Dutch Period