“Auf dem Berge steht die Hütte,
Wo der alte Bergmann wohnt;
Dorten rauscht die grüne Tanne,
Und erglänzt der goldne Mond.

In der Hütte steht ein Lehnstuhl,
Ausgeschnitzelt wunderlich,
Der darauf sitzt, der ist glücklich,
Und der Glückliche bin ich!”

(Heinrich Heine in Bergidylle no.1)
Wuppertal (D)

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“Soon you will have forgotten all things:
soon all things will have forgotten you.”

(Marcus Aurelius in Meditations 7-21)
Seraing (B)

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“On sunny days in our backyard,
two little flowers are seen,
One dressed, at times, in brightest pink
and one in green.
The marigold is radiant,
the rose passing fair;
The violet is ever dear,
the orchid, ever rare …”

(Ch.E. Ives/H. Twitchell in Two little flowers)
Liège (B)

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“”O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
Across the sands o’ Dee;”
The western wind was wild and dank wi’ foam,
And all alone went she.”

(Charles Kingsley, no title)
Grâce-Hollogne (B)

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