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Ode to
Holland
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O land of mud and mist, where
man is wet and shivers,
Soaked with humidity, with
damp and chilly clew,
O land of umplumbed bogs, of
roads resembling rivers,
Land of umbrellas, gout, cold
agues, toothache flu,
O spongy porridge -swamp, 0
homeland of galoshes,
Of cobblers, toads, and frogs,
peat diggers, mildew, mold,
Of ducks and every bird that
slobbers, sputters, splashes,
Hear the autumnal plaint of a
poet with a cold.
Thanks to your clammy clime
my arteries are clotted
You're fit for clogs alone, o land
our forebearers plotted
And, not at my request, ex-
torted from the sea.
by Petrus Augustus de
Genestet, 1800s - in The Land
and People of Hollan, by
Adriaan J. Barnouw and Ray.
mond A. Woblrabe.