Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596—1687) was a remarkable figure: in addition to writing poetry, he composed music; was secretary to two Princes of Orange, Frederick Henry and William II; and became a friend to John Donne, Rembrandt, Descartes, and many other notable people of his time. In this book, Peter Davidson and Adriaan van der Weel offer a broad selection of Huygens’s poems and provide excellent translations for those written in Dutch, Latin, and a number of other languages“revealing both Huygens’s literary talent and his remarkable linguistic range.
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Textual Note
- Introduction
- 1. Doris oft herder-clachte
- 1. Doris, or the Shepherd’s Complaint
- 2. Aen Anna R.[oemers]
- 2. To Anna R.[oemers]
- 3. [Uit] Batava Tempe. Dat is ’t Voor-hout van ’s Gravenhage
- 3. [From] Batava Tempe: That Is the Lime-avenue of The Hague
- 4. De uijtlandighe herder. Aenden heere Daniel Heins, Ridder etc.
- 4. The Exiled Shepherd: To the Lord Daniel Heinsius, Knight etc.
- 5. Een gesant
- 5. The Character of an Ambassador
- 6. Scheeps-praet, ten overlyden van Prins Mauritz
- 6. Ship’s Talk, on the Death of Prince Maurits
- 7. Aen Joff.w Tesselschade Crombalch met mijne vertalingen uyt het Engelsche dichten van Dr. Donne
- 7. To the Lady Tesselschade Crombalch with My Translations from the English Poems of Dr Donne
- 8. Ad Barlaeum
- 8. To Barlaeus
- 9. Op de dood van Tesselschades oudste dochter, ende van haer man strax daeraen doodt gebloedt
- 9. On the Death of Tesselschade’s Eldest Daughter, and on Her Husband Thereafter Bleeding to Death
- 10. Luna alba
- 10. The White Moon
- 11. Nebula descendens
- 11. The Mist Descending
- 12. D’eerste steen vanden doel in ’s Gravenhaghe geleght by Prins Willem van Orange, ’s daeghs voor biddagh 2.en Decemb. 1636
- 12. The First Stone of the Marksmen’s School in The Hague, Laid by Prince William of Orange, on the Day of Public Prayer, 2 December 1636
- 13. Ad Stellam, uxorem charissimam defunctam
- 13. To Stella, My Dearest Wife, Now Dead
- 14. [Uit] Daghwerck. Huys-raed
- 14. [From] The Day’s Work: The Order of the House
- 15. Conclusus niveis…
- 15. In Her Snow-cold Arms
- 16. Gebed over des Heeren Avondmael
- 16. Prayer for the Holy Communion
- 17. De vijver
- 17. The Lake
- 18. ’s Heeren Avondmael
- 18. The Holy Communion
- 19. Niewe Jaer
- 19. New Year
- 20. Goede Vrijdagh
- 20. Good Friday
- 21. Pinxteren
- 21. Pentecost
- 22. Kersmis
- 22. Christmas
- 23. Paeschen
- 23. Easter
- 24. Aen Tesselschade
- 24. To Tesselschade
- 25. In praestantissimi pictoris Dan. Segheri rosas
- 25. On the Roses of the Most Eminent Painter, Daniel Seegers
- 26. Aen Tesselschade, vertreckende
- 26. To Tesselschade, Departing
- 27. In Alb. Dureri picturam chalcographicam
- 27. To Albert Dürer on His Engraved Picture
- 28. Voor ’s Heeren Avondmael
- 28. On the Holy Communion
- 29. Noch op des Heeren Avondmael
- 29. Again on the Holy Communion
- 30. [Uit] Hofwijck
- 30. [From] Hofwijk
- 31. Ontwaeck
- 31. Awakening
- 32. Aen Joff.w Luchtenburgh, met myn vertaelde dicht uyt het Engelsch van Donne
- 32. To the Lady Luchtenburgh, with My Poems Translated from the English of Donne
- 33. Noch schilderij
- 33. Again on Painting
- 34. Op de titelprint
- 34. On the Frontispiece of Korenbloemen
- 35. Op het graf vanden Heer Jacob van Campen
- 35. On the Grave of Jacob van Campen
- 36. Droomen ydelheit
- 36. The Vanity of Dreams
- 37. Op een gesneden roemer
- 37. On an Engraved Glass
- 38. Op mijnen geboort-dagh
- 38. On My Birthday
- 39. Oogentroost aende Vrouw van St. Anneland
- 39. Consolation of the Eyes, to the Lady of St Annaland
- 40. Over des Heeren Avondmael
- 40. On the Holy Communion
- 41. Stilte en sneew op storm en hoogen vloed
- 41. Stillness and Snow after Stonn and High Water
- 42. Myn Geckies grafschrift
- 42. My Puppy’s Epitaph
- Appendix I
- A Selection of Huygens’ Poems in Modern European Languages
- Appendix II
- A Selection of Huygens’ Writings in English
- Appendix III
- Huygens and English Literature
- Appendix IV
- Additional poems on painting
- Bibliography
- Index of Titles and First Lines
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