Instead of that sermon Shakespeare stated,
Since the day its choir,
Which all admire,
By Cologne’s Archbishop was consecrated.
Ah! THAT was a day,
One well might say,
To be marked with the largest, whitest stone
To be found in the towers of all Cologne!
Along the Rhine,
From old Rheinstein,
The people flowed like their own good win.
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Excerpt from A Legend of Cologne
Bret Harte
LONGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1959 TO 1069
