Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
BAYARD TAYLORWomen are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.
More Bayard Taylor Quotes
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Sometimes an hour of Fate’s serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams; Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits the fulfilment of our dearest dreams.
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Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth’s prolific lap.
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Peace the offspring is of Power.
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The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
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Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
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Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows – the south and east oriels – are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.
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Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
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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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And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread.
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Really,’ thought I, ‘we call Baltimore the ‘Monumental City’ for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!
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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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By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
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Death is not rare, alas! nor burials few, And soon the grassy coverlet of God Spreads equal green above their ashes pale.
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Love is better than Fame.
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Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
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