“Stone, steel, dominions pass,
Faith, too, no wonder;
So leave alone the grass
That I am under.”

(A.E. Housman in More poems no. 24)
Eschweiler (D)

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Seraing (B)

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“Well, when I’m dead
No more good times will I crave
When I’m dead
No more good times will I crave
You can stand and shout hero
All over my lonesome grave”

(Bob Dylan in Hero Blues)
Liège-Ougrée (B)

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“As soon as you’re born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
‘Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be”

(John Lennon in Working class hero)
Seraing (B)

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