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 Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this 
can be effected by men residing in read more 
 Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this 
can be effected by men residing in the city. 
 No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous
 Dark beauty flowering under veils,
  Trapped in the spectrum of read more 
 No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous
 Dark beauty flowering under veils,
  Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style:
   A village like an instinct left to rust,
    Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot. 
 Petite ville, grand renom.
 Small town, great renown.  
 Petite ville, grand renom.
 Small town, great renown. 
When you get tired of walking around San Francisco, you can always lean against it
When you get tired of walking around San Francisco, you can always lean against it
If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
A rose-red city half as old as Time.
A rose-red city half as old as Time.
Far from gay cities, and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities, and the ways of men.
 I live not in myself, but I become
 Portion of that around me; and to me
  High read more 
 I live not in myself, but I become
 Portion of that around me; and to me
  High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
   Of human cities torture. 
 I dwelt in a city enchanted,
 And lonely indeed was my lot;
  . . . .
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 I dwelt in a city enchanted,
 And lonely indeed was my lot;
  . . . .
   Though the latitude's rather uncertain,
    And the longitude also is vague,
     The persons I pity who know not the City
      The beautiful City of Prague.