Everhardus Johannes Potgieter

Everhardus Johannes Potgieter (June 27, 1808 – February 3, 1875) was a Dutch prose writer and poet.

Quotes

• De roos bade 't hoofd in den stralenden gloed,
  Wen eens haar de storrem ontluistert, verdoet,
     Zoo moge z' in 't duister verflensen.
  • Though the rose bathe her head in the radiant glow,
    When the storms shall deface her and overthrow,
       May she wilt unseen in darkness!
  • De Twintigjarige ['The Twenty-year-old'] st. 1. First version, as quoted in Jc. Smit, E. J. Potgieter (1950) p. 37. Translated in Theodoor Weevers, Poetry of the Netherlands in its European Context, 1170–1930 (University of London: The Athlone Press, 1960) p. 151

• Schoon de dag nag marre
     Schittert door 't azuur
  Vast der avondstarre
     Rozenkwistend vuur.
  • Though the day still tarry,
       Through the azure pure
    Sheds the evening star her
       Rose-scattering fire.
  • Gemijmer ['Reverie'], st. 1. From De Nalatenschap van den Landjonker (1875) and reprinted in Poëzy: 1827–1874, 6th ed. (Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1899) vol. 2, p. 142. Translated in Theodoor Weevers, Poetry of the Netherlands (1960) p. 273

External links

• Robert and Mary Collison (eds.) Dictionary of Foreign Quotations (New York: Facts on File, 1980) pp. 97, 113