In Antwerp, Bruges, Ostend and Ghent
I used to order food with flair,
But in every inn to which I went
They always brought me, with my fare,
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O Socratès plains de philosophie,
Seneque en meurs, Auglius en pratique,
Ovides grans en ta poëtrie,
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You who live now in this world
And which live sovereign in virtue,
It is to you death remembered?
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Fleas, stink, pigs, mold,
The gist of the Bohemian soul,
Bread and salted fish and cold.
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