“The lamp you lighted in the olden time Will show you my heart's-blood beating through the rhyme: A poet's journal, writ in fire and tears... Then slow deliverance, with the gaps of years.” YearsHeartShowsPoetryFireBloodTearsPoetMy HeartGapsJournalRhymeLampsDeliveranceOlden Times Book:The Poems of Bayard Taylor Source: The Poems of Bayard Taylor