Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79.
Hugo de Groot
By Gerard Brandt (16261685)Translated by John Bowring
D
De Groot is great as he,—his glorious end and aim
Were Holland’s happiness; but discord would not heed,
And unity was lost in difference of creed.
Could Holland’s provinces have shared his noble mind,
United Netherland had still remained combined.