Holland Remembered
Thinking of Holland
I see wide rivers
running slowly through
endless lowlands,
unthinkable rows
of transparent poplars
like high plumes
standing at the horizon;
and in the tremendous
space submerged
the farms
spread over the country,
groups of trees, villages,
truncated towers,
churches and elms
in a wide context.
the sky hangs low there
and the sun’s being
smothered slowly
in grey many-coloured vapours,
and in all the regions
the voice of the water
with its everlasting disaster
will be feared and be heard.
(Original title: 'Herinnering aan Holland' - from: 'Verzameld Werk', 1938 - Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam)
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| H. Marsman [1899-1940] |
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