Saturday 10 February 2018

Landscape by H. Marsman

Landscape
H. Marsman [1899-1940]


In the pastures grase
the peaceable creatures;
the herons glide
over shiny lakes,
the bitterns stand
by a dark pond;
and in the washland
the horses gallop
with waving tails
through rolling grass.

(Original title: 'Landschap' - from: 'Verzameld Werk', 1938 - Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam)


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