Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Tell me you stones, O speak, you towering palaces ! Streets, say a word! Spirit of this place, are you dumb? All things

Tell me you stones, O speak, you towering palaces ! Streets, say a word! Spirit — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tell me you stones, O speak, you towering palaces ! Streets, say a word! Spirit of this place, are you dumb? All things are alive in your sacred walls Eternal Rome, it's only for me all is still.

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