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Peace the offspring is of Power.

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Bayard Taylor
Age: 53 †
Born: 1825
Born: January 11
Died: 1878
Died: December 19
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Departed suns their trails of splendor drew Across departed summers: whispers came From voices, long ago resolved again Into the primeval Silence, and we twain, Ghosts of our present selves, yet still the same, As in a spectral mirror wandered there.
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He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
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Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.
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The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.
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Love is better than Fame.
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Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of the most lovely scenery. There is every thing which can gratify the eye - high blue mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins.
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But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
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And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.
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I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
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The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
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The Prophet's words were true The mouth of Ali is the golden door Of Wisdom. When his friends to Ali bore These words, he smiled and said: And should they ask The same until my dying day, the task Were easy for the stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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Alone each heart must cover up its dead Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
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Love's humility is love's true pride.
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