leaving traces - IV

It took less than half an hour to sketch - or maybe even complete - the first verse. Possibly just thinking about the Romans has triggered my creativity?

This could be the first verse:

we speak their law, we use their words
although their buildings crumble
their ancient roads still lead the way
on which we walk and stumble
whole nations speak a language
that very much is theirs
much more than we may think
we are the Romans' heirs

I looked up rhymes for "theirs" on http://www.rhymezone.com/ to immediately spot "heirs". I had been wondering how I was to insert the term "Romans", now that was under my very eyes. Maybe I'll have to re-write this first verse - hence 'sketch' - after writing more verses that may or may not match the same meter. And - well, yes - I'm 'hearing' a tune in my mind, I always do when writing lyrics. Only very few of these 'mental' tunes ever see the light.