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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

We follow and race In shifting chase, Over the boundless ocean-space! Who hath beheld when the race begun? Who shall behold it run?
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Ocean Running Space
Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.
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Jewelry Tangible Taste
Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.
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Charm Verses Wooing
The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.
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Annoying Fool Wells
Peace the offspring is of Power.
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Offspring Peace
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
The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
BAYARD TAYLOR

Streams Wells Wisdom
Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
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Heart Solitude
Labor, you know, is prayer.
BAYARD TAYLOR

Know Labor Prayer
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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Atmosphere Country World
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
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Men Opportunity Wise
Eccentricity is developed monomania.
BAYARD TAYLOR

Develop Eccentricity Monomania
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

Afar Emotion Soil
And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread.
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Bonfire Poppies Tides
Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
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Humility Love Pride True
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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Excellence Hard Perseverance Work

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.

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