2017-08-17

【On the Portrait of His Imperial Majesty. Ferdinand the Third.】 Joost van den Vondel (1587—1679) When Joachim Sandrart van Stokou, out of Vienna, in Austria, honored me with his Majesty's portrait, adorned with festoons and other ornaments. 【Deus nobis haec otia fecit.】 The Sun of Austria uplifts his glorious rays From shadow-glooms of art to bless each wondering eye. Behold him on his throne, high towering in the sky! Nor doth he scorns to beam on all his glance surveys.
Good Ferdinand the Third, born for the sovran crown. A Father of the Peace, a new Augustus, shows His Son the heights whereon the heavenly palace glows; And teaches how with arms of Peace to win renown.
How blest the mighty realm, how blest their destinies, O'er which his gracious eyes keep sleepless vigils kind. And where he holds the Scales for holy Justice blind! An Eagle brought him sword and scepter from the skies.
A crown adorns the head which empires grand engage: This Head adorns the Crown and makes a golden age. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《語言》】 約斯特·范登馮德爾“正直·木板橋”(1587生—1679卒) 【《上帝讓我們如此輕鬆》】
語言屬於鳥,而我卻是人以致不會飛翔; 我像房屋坐落在這個世界上,被牢固地建造在土地上。 【注】瓦爾“彎曲”河,是萊茵“奔流”河在荷蘭境內的一條重要分流。萊茵河從阿爾卑斯“白”山北上,進入荷蘭後在萊茵瓦爾登“淺灘”地區分岔,南側便是瓦爾河。它承接了萊茵河約六成五的水量,全長80多公里,是連接鹿特丹“渾濁水壩”港與德國腹地的主要航道。然而,這條繁忙的水道曾一度是歐洲污染最嚴重的河流之一。19世紀下半葉起,沿岸重工業將大量廢水直接排入河中;到20世紀中葉,河水泛着惡臭,魚類幾近絕跡,被譏為“歐洲下水道”和“公共廁所”。 1986年11月1日,瑞士巴塞爾“勇敢”的桑多茲“真正的規則”公司(Sandoz)倉庫失火,約30噸劇毒農藥被滅火用水沖入萊茵河,形成一條70公里長的微紅色毒帶向下游推進。數百萬條魚死亡,下游四個國家的自來水廠被迫關閉。這場生態危機成為轉折點。沿岸國家成立了保護萊茵河國際委員會,簽署行動計劃,以鮭魚重返萊茵河為生態恢復的標誌。各國統一監測標準,在幹流設立50多個監測站和7個警報中心,一旦發現污染便能迅速溯源預警。 經過數十年持續治理,萊茵河終於從“歐洲下水道”重新變回清流。我站在河邊,水是清的,鮭魚回來了,游泳者回到了河畔,兩岸的古堡和葡萄園再次成為人們流連的風景,但這段歷史留下的教訓,至今仍在水流中靜靜迴響。 Today in History(歷史上的今天):
2017: Cheese Farm near Kinderdijk, NLD(荷蘭孩童堤防附近的奶酪農場)
Konik Horses Roaming along with the Waal Banks Gendtse Waard Nature Reserve
(洪泛區自然保護地──馬駒沿瓦爾河畔漫遊) Old Windmill @ Herwijnen (赫爾維寧“領主草地”·舊風車)
Waal Canal Intersection @ Maas
(默茲“蜿蜒”河與瓦爾運河交叉口) Nederlands Hervormde Kerk @ Vuren Waaldijk over Waal River
(瓦爾河上位於法爾·瓦爾代克“火·瓦爾堤壩”的前荷蘭歸正教堂) Dutch Reformed Church @ Windesheim
(溫德斯海姆“風房村莊”·荷蘭歸正教堂) St. Maurice Church @ IJlst over Waal River
(瓦爾河上位於伊爾斯特“綠色森林”的聖莫里斯“摩爾北非人”教堂) Busker Heien Waterwerken Decorated w/ a Buoy or Lighthouse & a Crane over Waal River (瓦爾河岸巴斯克“伐木工”打樁和水務工程公司·飾有浮標或燈塔和起重機)

Chimney Towers over Waal River (瓦爾河畔煙囪塔) 
Turkswaard Steenfabriek (特克斯瓦德“繁榮之地”磚廠) St Martin Church @ Woudrichem
(伍德里切姆“林中之家”·聖馬丁“戰神”教堂 08-17-2017) Ytong, the World's Largest Manufacturer of Aerated Concrete Blocks in Lingewaal
(靈厄瓦爾“草地河”鎮上伊通“採石場混凝土”公司·世界最大的泡沫混凝土砌塊生產商)
Cargo Boat in Lingewaal (靈厄瓦爾鎮·貨船)
Tolkamer Pier (托爾卡默“收費站”鎮·碼頭)
Rheinkilometer 862, Tolkamer
(托爾卡默·萊茵河862公里地標處) Cargo Boat on the Waal (瓦爾河·貨船)
Taizhou-Made Orchila Rotterdam Cargo Ship on the Rhine
(萊茵河──中國台州生產的“鹿特丹·蘭花”號貨船) Taizhou-Made Orchila Rotterdam Cargo Ship on the Rhine
(萊茵河──中國台州生產的“鹿特丹·蘭花”號貨船) Porto Bello Cargo Ship on the Rhine
(萊茵河——波多·貝羅“美港”貨船)
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