Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylorwas an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 January 1825
CityKennett Square, PA
CountryUnited States of America
cannons pens
Pens carry further than rifled cannon.
song perfect higher
Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth.
wisdom riches wealth
By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
dream fate sky
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.
heart solitude cover-ups
Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
kissing granted stolen
Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
heart men experience
He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
doors house experience
To Truth's house there is a single door, which is experience.
rain rocks flames
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.
future glory
The glories of the possible are ours.
dank steam heavy
The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.
ignorance learning fire
Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.
stars night moon
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!
i-love-you old-love thee
I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.