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Bayard Taylor quotes: But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white? By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and the stars by night!

But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white? By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and the stars by night!

Bayard Taylor quotes: Learn to live, and live to learn,Ignorance like a fire doth burn,Little tasks make large return.

Learn to live, and live to learn,
Ignorance like a fire doth burn,
Little tasks make large return.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.

Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.

Bayard Taylor quotes: So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.

So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.

Bayard Taylor quotes: He teaches best,Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast,And knows their strength or weakness through his own.

He teaches best,
Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast,
And knows their strength or weakness through his own.

Bayard Taylor quotes: My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.

My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The Poet's leaves are gathered one by one,In the slow process of the doubtful years.

The Poet's leaves are gathered one by one,
In the slow process of the doubtful years.

Bayard Taylor quotes: In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.

In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Pens carry further than rifled cannon.

Pens carry further than rifled cannon.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.

The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Peace the offspring is of Power.

Peace the offspring is of Power.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses

Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses

Bayard Taylor quotes: We follow and race In shifting chase, Over the boundless ocean-space! Who hath beheld when the race begun? Who shall behold it run?

We follow and race In shifting chase, Over the boundless ocean-space! Who hath beheld when the race begun? Who shall behold it run?

Bayard Taylor quotes: The loving are the daring.

The loving are the daring.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.

Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.

Bayard Taylor quotes: I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.

I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.

Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.

Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Labor, you know, is prayer.

Labor, you know, is prayer.

Bayard Taylor quotes: And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.

And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The clouds are scudding across the moon,A misty light is on the sea;The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune,And the foam is flying free.

The clouds are scudding across the moon,
A misty light is on the sea;
The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune,
And the foam is flying free.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth.

Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth.

Bayard Taylor quotes: From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.

From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.

Bayard Taylor quotes: To Truth's house there is a single door, which is experience.

To Truth's house there is a single door, which is experience.

Bayard Taylor quotes: 'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'

'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'

Bayard Taylor quotes: And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds,Is one with Prayer.

And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds,
Is one with Prayer.

Bayard Taylor quotes: But still I dream that somewhere there must beThe spirit of a child that waits for me.

But still I dream that somewhere there must be
The spirit of a child that waits for me.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Love's humility is love's true pride.

Love's humility is love's true pride.

Bayard Taylor quotes: There may come a dayWhich crowns Desire with gift, and Art with truth,And Love with bliss, and Life with wiser youth!

There may come a day
Which crowns Desire with gift, and Art with truth,
And Love with bliss, and Life with wiser youth!

Bayard Taylor quotes: Life lives only in success.

Life lives only in success.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Swelling in anger or sparkling in glee.

Swelling in anger or sparkling in glee.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Eccentricity is developed monomania.

Eccentricity is developed monomania.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The view of the Rocky Mountains from the Divide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the finest in Colorado.

The view of the Rocky Mountains from the Divide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the finest in Colorado.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.

Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

Bayard Taylor quotes: People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.

People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.

Bayard Taylor quotes: By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.

By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.

Bayard Taylor quotes: To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.

To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.

Bayard Taylor quotes: London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.

Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Death is not rare, alas! nor burials few,And soon the grassy coverlet of GodSpreads equal green above their ashes pale.

Death is not rare, alas! nor burials few,
And soon the grassy coverlet of God
Spreads equal green above their ashes pale.

Bayard Taylor quotes: I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

Bayard Taylor quotes: I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old

I love thee, I love but thee,
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old

Bayard Taylor quotes: The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Bayard Taylor quotes: And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.

Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.

Bayard Taylor quotes: With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March!

With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March!

Bayard Taylor quotes: I know I amthat simplest blissThe millions of my brothers miss.I know the fortune to be born,Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.

I know I am
that simplest bliss
The millions of my brothers miss.
I know the fortune to be born,
Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.

Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The hollows are heavy and dankWith the steam of the Goldenrods.

The hollows are heavy and dank
With the steam of the Goldenrods.

Bayard Taylor quotes: The knowledge of my sinIs half-repentance.

The knowledge of my sin
Is half-repentance.

Bayard Taylor quotes: Love is better than Fame.

Love is better than Fame.