Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Holland | | Holland | | James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | (From Liberty)
AS when, impetuous from the snow-heaped Alps, | |
| To venial suns relenting pours the Rhine; | |
| While, undivided, oft, with wasteful sweep, | |
| He foams along; but through Batavian meads, | |
| Branched into fair canals, indulgent flows; | 5 |
| Waters a thousand fields; and culture, trade, | |
| Towns, meadows, gliding ships, and villas mixed, | |
| A rich, a wondrous landscape rises round. | | | | |
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