Thinking of Europe: Cradle of Democracy
Step into
democracy’s cradle.
Millennia later still, Plato’s
and Socrates’ lessons
are valued.
Memory of Holland, or in Dutch: Herinnering aan Holland, is a poem by Hendrik Marsman that form many stands as a symbol for The Netherlands. Its first line is engraved in the Dutch collective memory. Most will actually refer to the poem as Denkend aan Holland, or Thinking of Holland, because those are its first words. To celebrate Memory of Holland, poet Hendrik Marsman, Europe, poetry and travel, I started the series: Thinking of Europe.