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Pigeons and Willemyntjes Pilgrimage
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 20 scenes from the story of the pilgrimage of Duifje and Willemijntje. Under each image an inscription. Numbered top left: No. 61.
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Credit lineDuifjes en Willemyntjes pelgrimagie.. 1761 - 1804. Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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Behold these children here, and think how the things of the world / Progress step by step, with much change
See here, and laugh at the fashionable life, oh youth! yes, mock freely the procession, / Which, foolishly, wishes to make a mockery of itself; / Cultivate dignity in your mind
Allon, beat the drums! sound the trumpets! / Come cheerfully, farmers! pack up and go: / Gather up; give money; that is the word. / Why? you cannot prevent it
Behold, O patriotic youth! / The loyalty, courage, and virtue of your fathers. / And may your tender heart burn / In longing for them and the fatherland
Follow morality and its lessons. / But pierce into wanton hearts. / Fashion does not accord with her law; / O youth! take heed of the distinction
See here, and laugh at the fashionable life, oh youth! yes, mock freely the procession, / Which, foolishly, wishes to make a mockery of itself; / Cultivate dignity in your mind