And no sneaky googling to find the answer, now:
Belgium! name unromantic and unpoetic, yet name that whenever uttered has in my ear a sound, in my heart an echo, such as no other assemblage of syllables, however sweet or classic, can produce. Belgium! I repeat the word, now as I sit alone near midnight.
It’s obvious once you know the answer…
Hey, that one was personally refuted by the author! Which proves how unreliable my views are!