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Old 10-18-2008, 07:10 PM   #1
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Don Juan

Can anyone tell me where to find a translation in Dutch from the following verse:

But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think;
'Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses
Instead of speech, may form a lasting link
Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces
Frail man, when paper - even a rag like this - ,
Survives himself, his tomb, and all that's his.

Lord George Byron 1788-1824, (Don Juan, Canto 3, stanza 88)

Thanks a lot!
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