Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79.
Madrid
By Hans Christian Andersen (18051875)Anonymous translation
T
For in thee there is nothing seen
Of what characterizes her,—
There is no likeness left, I ween.
But sure no longer in bright Spain;
Here the sharp northern blasts prevail,—
Here there is cold and snow and rain.
Our northern climate, will I blame;
For—to the rest of Spain unlike—
Dreary Madrid has just the same!