Hans reitet troo de Nederland, <br />From Rotterdam below, <br />To Gravenhaag und Leyden <br />Und Haarlem - all a row; <br />He shtoodit in de galleries <br />A tausend works of art; <br />Boot ach - der Adriaan Brauwer, <br />Vent most teepest to his heart. <br /> <br />Und dus exglaim der Breitmann <br />In woonder-solemn shdrain, <br />'De cratest men vere Brauwer, <br />Van Ostade, und Jan Steen. <br />Der Raffael vas vel enof; <br />Dat ish in his shmall vay; <br />Boot - Gott im Himmel! - vot vas he <br />Coompared mit soosh as dey? <br /> <br />'Shoost see dat vight of troonken boors- <br />Von tears de oder's goat: <br />Vhile de oder mit a pointet knife <br />Ish goin for his troat. <br />Und a madchen mit a tree-leg shtuhl <br />Ish clip him on de het, <br />In dese higher human passion valks, <br />Der Raffael's coldt und deadt. <br /> <br />'De more ve digs into de eart'- <br />Or less ve seeks a star,- <br />De nearer ve to Natur coom, <br />More pantheistich far; <br />To him who reads dis myst'ry right, <br />Mit insbiration gifen, <br />Der Raffael's rollen in de dirt, <br />Vhile Brauwer soars to Heafen.<br /><br />Charles Godfrey Leland<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/breitmann-in-holland-s-gravenhage-the-hague/
