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What do you say, oh alert youth! Can this print please you? / Then rejoice your sight, and think to hear the drum. / Read what is written below, spurred by a love of learning, / As often as you hear the voice of instruction
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large depiction of three drummers on the street. Below the image a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 61.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineWat zegt ge, ô wakkre jeugd! Kan u deez' prent bekooren? / Verheug dan uw gezigt, en denk den trom te hooren. / Lees wat 'er obder staat, tot leerzucht aangespoord, / Zo dikwils gy de stem der onderwy. 1715 - 1813. Stichter, erven weduwe Cornelis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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