1 8 0 4 ) ▁about ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁works ▁of ▁Dutch ▁men ▁of ▁letters . ▁ ▁Fa ith ▁ ▁Just ine ▁had ▁a ▁Protest ant ▁background . ▁Later ▁in ▁her ▁life , ▁she ▁chose ▁for ▁the ▁Wal lo on ▁church , ▁a ▁Dutch ▁Re formed ▁den om ination . ▁In ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁relatives ▁on ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁believed , ▁there ▁was ▁room ▁for ▁specific ▁not ions ▁about ▁the ▁after life . ▁It ▁is ▁very ▁likely ▁that ▁grand father ▁Le end ert ▁S ling eland , ▁during ▁his ▁Le iden ▁study , ▁had ▁visited ▁lect ures ▁of ▁history ▁teacher ▁Wille m ▁Bilder d ijk ▁( 1 7 5 6 – 1 8 3 1 ), ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁a ▁celebrated ▁poet ▁and ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁poet ▁and ▁myst ic ▁William ▁Bla ke ▁( 1 7 5 7 – 1 8 2 7 ). ▁Bilder d ijk ▁wrote ▁a ▁m our ning ▁poem ▁on ▁Julius ▁Wille m ▁Bilder d ijk , ▁his ▁twenty - year - old ▁son ▁who ▁per ished ▁at ▁sea , ▁stretch ing ▁his ▁po etic ▁text ▁into ▁the ▁here after . ▁His ▁rh ym ing ▁decl am ation ▁De ▁Ge esten ware ld ▁( 1 8 1 1 ) ▁mentions ▁cel est ial ▁be ings ▁looking ▁after ▁their ▁living ▁relatives . ▁ ▁Dist inct ▁liberal ▁not ions ▁about ▁the ▁here after ▁we ▁find ▁in ▁Just ine ' s ▁family ▁arch ives , ▁in ▁rare ▁examples ▁of ▁Dutch ▁po ems