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Lessons and useful occupation, / An hour devoted to moderate play. / Will always be beneficial to you, / Except for wildness you must fear
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 12 depictions of children's games, such as spinning tops, hula-hooping, and riding hobbyhorses. Below each depiction a four-line verse. Numbered in the upper right: No. 17.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineNa [l]es en nutte bezigheid, / Een uurtje aan matig spel gewijd. / Zal u altijd voordeelig wezen, / Alleen voor woestheid moet gij vreezen. 1850 - 1870. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Here is given to you a sketch, / Of the useful, cheerful life of a countryman. / Have respect, children, for that station, / It contributes to the welfare of the fatherland!
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