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 afaremotionglory Change image and share on social
As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me. Bayard Taylor ascentchristconceive share on social
The history of Germany is not the history of a nation, but of a race. It has little unity, therefore; it is complicated, broken, and attached on all sides to the histories of other countries. Bayard Taylor attachbreakcomplicate Change image and share on social
The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring. Bayard Taylor bravedarelove Change image and share on social
Poetry had great powers over me from my childhood, and today the poems live in my memory which I read at the age of 7 or 8 years and which drove me to desperate attempts at imitation. Bayard Taylor ageattemptchildhood Change image and share on social
Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful. Bayard Taylor beautycomfortcreature Change image and share on social
People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler. Bayard Taylor peoplepoetsuccess Change image and share on social
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live. Bayard Taylor begincharacterfame Change image and share on social
I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language. Bayard Taylor attractivehardlanguage Change image and share on social
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt. Bayard Taylor alexanderberlingallery Change image and share on social