Hans reitet troo de Nederland,
From Rotterdam below,
To Gravenhaag und Leyden
Und Haarlem – all a row;
He shtoodit in de galleries
A tausend works of art;
Boot ach – der Adriaan Brauwer,
Vent most teepest to his heart.
Und dus exglaim der Breitmann
In woonder-solemn shdrain,
“De cratest men vere Brauwer,
Van Ostade, und Jan Steen.
Der Raffael vas vel enof;
Dat ish in his shmall vay;
Boot – Gott im Himmel! – vot vas he
Coompared mit soosh as dey?
“Shoost see dat vight of troonken boors-
Von tears de oder’s goat:
Vhile de oder mit a pointet knife
Ish goin for his troat.
Und a madchen mit a tree-leg shtuhl
Ish clip him on de het,
In dese higher human passion valks,
Der Raffael’s coldt und deadt.
“De more ve digs into de eart’-
Or less ve seeks a star,-
De nearer ve to Natur coom,
More pantheistich far;
To him who reads dis myst’ry right,
Mit insbiration gifen,
Der Raffael’s rollen in de dirt,
Vhile Brauwer soars to Heafen.
(Charles Godfrey Leland)
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