. When old New York was young . Whitehall, Governor Stuyvesants House. East River. And there, too, is the BeaversPath, damp and marshy, leading out of ThePlaine, through the sheep pasture, and endingat the Heere Gracht — the Grand Canal — [64] NEW AMSTERDAM which in after years will be buried deepbeneath a bit of city that shall be calledBroad Street. And here is the palace ofNew Amsterdam, towering at the edge ofthe water-side — the Governors new house,called Whitehall, which has just been built,its surrounding gardens covered lightly by thesnow which has fallen during the afternoon,and which
. When old New York was young . Whitehall, Governor Stuyvesants House. East River. And there, too, is the BeaversPath, damp and marshy, leading out of ThePlaine, through the sheep pasture, and endingat the Heere Gracht — the Grand Canal — [64] NEW AMSTERDAM which in after years will be buried deepbeneath a bit of city that shall be calledBroad Street. And here is the palace ofNew Amsterdam, towering at the edge ofthe water-side — the Governors new house,called Whitehall, which has just been built,its surrounding gardens covered lightly by thesnow which has fallen during the afternoon,and which is still falling. The sun goes down and leaves the littletown in darkness; leaves the houses to bewatched over by Saint Nicholas, the patronsaint of New Amsterdam. Then the voicesof children rise in the night, and their songis the one that every child in New Amster-dam knows best of all : Saint Nicholas, good, holv man,Put your best Tabard on you can,And in it go to Amsterdam;From Amsterdam to Hispanje,Where apples brigh
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