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 TAYLORAnd rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
More Bayard Taylor Quotes
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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The aquilegia sprinkled on the rocks A scarlet rain; the yellow violet Sat in the chariot of its leaves, the phlox Held spikes of purple flame in meadows wet, And all the streams with vernal-scented reed Were fringed, and streaky bellow of miskodeed.
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But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
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The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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It is an agreeable and yet a painful sense of novelty to stand for the first time in the midst of a people whose language and manners are different from one’s own.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of ‘creature comforts,’ a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.
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The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
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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.
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Eccentricity is developed monomania.
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And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.
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He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
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Fame is what you have taken, / Character’s what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.
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Love is better than Fame.
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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.
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