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Here you can, O dear youth, learn something even from play, / Seek useful pastime already at the early beginning, / And in sweet pleasure, value noble virtue, / Then heaven's grace will crown you, and your parents' love
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Leaf with 8 depictions of children's games, including jump rope, kite flying, and spinning tops. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 15.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHier kunt ge ô lieve jeugd, uit spelen zelfs iets leeren, / zoek nuttig tydverdryf, reeds by het vroeg begin, / En wil in 't zoet vermaak, de eed'le deugd waardeeren, / Dan kroont u 's hemels gunst, e. 1842 - 1866. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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