Buy this book on-line Manuscript poem : Cape Dutch manuscript poem in 12 stanzas, evidently hand-written by a Transvaler(no date, but possibly 188-)
Written in a hasty hand, on two sides of an octavo leaf. 'Ons klim die berge oor; / Paul Kruger gaat vooraan. / Die waters van die see, / Die bloue oceaan, / Begroet ons Volksbestaan / Ons onafhanklikheid / In Delagoa Baai / Naar Engeland [?waai?]' etc., etc. 'Kon Piet Retief ons land nou sien / En Gert Maritz en Pieter Uys / En al die martelare / Van onse droefheidsjare / En kon Pretorius hou vooraan / Met Paul ook naar die Oceaan / En naar die oorlogskepe gaan! / Kon almal uit hul grafte opstaan!' etc. etc. This item fell out of a copy of H.J. Hofstede, Geschiedenis van den Oranje-Vriustaat (published 1876). It needs to be researched, but may relate either to the delegation of Transvaal Boers sent to London to plead the cause of independence in the late 1870s; or it may date from 1900, when Kruger, went into exile in Europe [although the latter suggestion doesn't account for the reference to England in the first stanza.] This may be a transcription of a published poem; or, it may be original. At any rate, the scribe fails to identify himself. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Manuscript poem : Cape Dutch manuscript poem in 12 stanzas, evidently hand-written by a Transvaler. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, used books, livres rares, collectables and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |