1 C. Verspreide literaire teksten van Jacob Revius ... - Enny de Bruijn
1 C. Verspreide literaire teksten van Jacob Revius ... - Enny de Bruijn
1 C. Verspreide literaire teksten van Jacob Revius ... - Enny de Bruijn
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26. Kerstgedicht (2) (1636)<br />
Plano-uitgave. GA Arnhem, collectie Van Rhemen, bibliotheek (0993), 380.<br />
IN NATALEM<br />
DOMINI AC DEI<br />
NOSTRI IESV<br />
CHRISTI<br />
[1636].<br />
Imitatio Bonfoniana.<br />
Expectate diu, & diu cupite<br />
A<strong>de</strong>s Ephraticis, Re<strong>de</strong>mter, oris.<br />
A<strong>de</strong>s rex hominum fi<strong>de</strong>liorum,<br />
A<strong>de</strong>s rex superûm beatiorum.<br />
Nec sperne exiguam, Creator, urbem,<br />
Non est exigua aut pusilla Bethle<br />
Cui magni genitor Davidis, ipse<br />
Cui <strong>de</strong>nique maximus Davi<strong>de</strong>s<br />
Vitae exordia luminisque <strong>de</strong>bet.<br />
Non est exigua aut pusilla Bethle<br />
Quae, rex Christe, tuo superbit ortu.<br />
Et te, rex hominum fi<strong>de</strong>liorum,<br />
Et te, rex superum beatiorum<br />
Alumnum, ante alias beata, jactat.<br />
Non est exigua aut pusilla Bethle<br />
Quae terris peperit Deum potentem,<br />
Tonantis sobolem, Deum colendum,<br />
Cui conten<strong>de</strong>re nullus angelorum<br />
Ausit omnigenae <strong>de</strong>core laudis.<br />
An tu jam patriam, Creator, urbem<br />
Possis <strong>de</strong>spicere & putare parvi?<br />
Possunt divitiis tuam, Re<strong>de</strong>mtor,<br />
Vrbes innumerae praeire Bethlen,<br />
Bethlen nulla tuam praeire possit<br />
Claris principibusque, vatibusque,<br />
Majorisque potentiae Monarchâ.<br />
IACOBUS REVIUS.<br />
* het gedicht is een navolging <strong>van</strong> Jean Bonnefons (of Janus Bonefonius, 1554-1614), ‘Ad<br />
Lazarum Coclaeum, senatorem Parisiensem’ (vgl. Johannis Bonefonii Arverni Carmina,<br />
Lon<strong>de</strong>n, 1720, p. 43-44):<br />
Expectate diu & diu cupite,<br />
A<strong>de</strong>s, Sequanicis, Coclaee, Barris;<br />
A<strong>de</strong>s flos hominum eruditiorum,<br />
A<strong>de</strong>s flos hominum eloquentiorum.<br />
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