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Famous Bayard Taylor Quotes
“The glories of the possible are ours.”
Source: The Picture of St. John
“The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.”
Source: Home Pastorals, Ballads and Lyrics
“Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.”
“To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.”
“The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.”
Source: The Poems
“The Poet's leaves are gathered one by one, In the slow process of the doubtful years.”
Source: The Poet's Journal
“But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.”
Source: The Poet's Journal
Source: The Picture of St. John
Source: Home Pastorals, Ballads and Lyrics
“And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.”
Source: Poems
“The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.”
Source: Lars: A Pastoral of Norway
Source: The Poems
Source: The Poems
Source: The Picture of St. John
“The stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.”
Source: The Poems
Source: The Poems