"Warte, warte, wilder Schiffsmann, gleich folg' ich zum Hafen dir; von zwei Jungfraun nehm' ich Abschied, von Europa und von ihr." (H. Heine from Buch der Lieder) Châtelet (B)
"Eyes like a little limpid pool that holds a sunset sky, While on its surface calm and cool, blue water lilies lie." (L. Hope in Indian's love lyrics) Verviers (B)
“This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main, —
The venturous bark that flings
On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings
In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.”
(O.W. Holmes in The chambered nautilus)
Liège (B)
"Sweet breeze of secret words, which, penetrating through my ears to my heart woke Love, who was sleeping there ..." (Anonymous, Aura soave; English by J.G. Paton) Brussel (B)
"Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier far than these." (Chr. Rossetti from Sing-song; a nursery rhyme book) Neuville-sous-Huy (B)