/ I love thy stern, symmetric form; / The Neva’s calm and queenly flow / Betwixt her quays of granite - stone. ” ​ — ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN.
„ Meel ammu sinusse ju armus, / su külge köidab, Peetri teos, / mind sinu sirgus, sinu karmus, / su kallaste graniitne seos. ”