“ 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… Bayard Taylor
“ Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows - the sout… Bayard Taylor
“ Walking at random through the streets, we came by chance upon the Cathedral of Notre Dame. I shall long remember my first impression of the scene within. The lofty gothic ceiling arched far above my h… Bayard Taylor
“ So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveli… Bayard Taylor
“ Till the sun grows cold And the stars are old And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold. Bayard Taylor
“ I love thee, I love but theeWith a love that shall not dieTill the sun grows cold,And the stars grow old Bayard Taylor
“ Now the frosty stars are gone: I have watched them one by one Fading on the shores of Dawn. Round and full the glorious sun Walks with level step the spray Through his vestibule of Day. Bayard Taylor
