Stone statues are made of harder material, but a soul dwells within them too.
Their natures may be harsher or more gentle; they bring us woe or heal heavy sorrows, according to their mood.

Every one learns this who raises his hands to them in prayer.

One of these statues stands in Alba.

It represents Mark Antony, in whose honour it was erected by the city.

And it foresaw what menaced the man whose stone double it is.