“ANGLING IS A GOOD THING INDEED.”

Leentje de Haas, on Admiral de Ruyter.

“He climbed to the top of a tower,

And twisted ropes on the same;

Then he went to sea in a vessel,

And was crowned with eternal fame.

“He did great deeds and glorious,

And overthrew Sallee;

The States named him victorious,

Our hero of the sea.