<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391099" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ballade 2</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In Antwerp, Bruges, Ostend and Ghent<br> I used to order food with flair,<br> But in every inn to which I went<br> They always brought me, with my fare,<br> With every roast and mutton dish,<br> With boar, with rabbit, pigeon, bustard,<br> With fresh and with salt-water fish,<br> Always, never asking, mustard.<br> <br> I ordered herring, said I'd like<br> Carp for supper at the bar,<br> And called for simple boiled pike,<br> And two large sole, when I ate at Spa.<br> I ordered green sauce when in Brussels;<br> The waiter stared and looked disgusted;<br> The bus boy brought in with my mussels<br> As always, never asking, mustard.<br> <br> I couldn't eat or drink without it.<br> They add it to the water they<br> Boil the fish in and-don't doubt it-<br> The drippings from the roast each day<br> Are tossed into a mustard vat<br> In which they're mixed, and then entrusted<br> To those who bring-they're trained at that-<br> Always, never asking, mustard.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> Prince, it's clear a spice like clove<br> can drop its guard. It won't be busted.<br> There's just one thing these people serve:<br> Always, never asking, mustard.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eustache+Deschamps">Eustache Deschamps</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391099" data-title="Ballade 2 de Eustache Deschamps" data-description="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, With every roast and mutton dish, With boar, with rabbit, pigeon, bustard, With fresh and with..."></div> </div> </div>

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