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So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.

Bayard Taylor

Eccentricity is developed monomania.
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Develop Eccentricity Monomania
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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Comfort Sea Voyages
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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Color Flame Rain Rocks Sprinkle
The healing of the world is in its nameless saints. Each separate star seems nothing, but a myriad scattered stars break up the night and make it beautiful.
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Beautiful Healing Stars
The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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Courage Daring Engagement
Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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Granted Kissing Stolen
The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.
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Dank heavy Steam
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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Ashes Death Green
Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.
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Cities Foundation World
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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Clouds Light Moon
Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
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Humility Love Pride True
But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
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Childhood Children Dream
The Poet’s leaves are gathered one by one, In the slow process of the doubtful years.
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Poet Process Years
To Truth’s house there is a single door, which is experience.
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Doors Experience House
The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
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Half Repentance Sin
The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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Streams Wells Wisdom

So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.

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So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.

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