“Eight o’clock;
The postman’s knock!
Five letters for Papa;
One for Lou,
And none for you,
And three for dear Mamma.”
(Ch. Rossettti in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book)
Herstal (B)
Clos des Trois Roses
The two of us together
In the world of skewness
When nature disappears from a front garden
“We, O Nature, depart,
Thou survivest us! this,
This, I know, is the law.
Yes! but more than this,
Thou who seest us die
Seest us change while we live;
Seest our dreams, one by one,
Seest our errors depart;
Watchest us, Nature! throughout,
Mild and inscrutably calm.”
(M. Arnold in The youth of man)
Chaudfontaine (B)