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Bayard Taylor

Born

in Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, The United States

January 11, 1825

Died

December 19, 1878

Website

http://www.bayardtaylor.org/

Genre

Poetry, Travel, Fiction

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Bayard Taylor was a poet, literary critic, translator, fiction and travel author.

His interest in poetry was coached by the influential critic and editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold, who encouraged him to write a volume of poetry. Published at Philadelphia in 1844, Ximena, or the Battle of the Sierra Morena, and other Poems was dedicated to Griswold. It made little income, but indirectly was a means of his introduction to The New York Tribune.

With the money from his poetry and an advance for some journalistic work to be done in Europe, Taylor set sail for Europe. The young poet spent a happy time in roaming on foot through certain districts of England, France, Germany and Italy; this tour of almost two years cost him only £100. The accounts which ...more

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	Beauty and the Beast 4.03 avg rating — 2,794 ratings — published 1872 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eldorado: Adventures in the Path of Empire (California Legacy) (California Legacy Book) 4.13 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1850 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania 3.57 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1870	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Holy Roman Empire 3.65 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Germany 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1844 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home 3.38 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1969 — 181 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures Of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor, Mathias Larsen (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2006 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Was She? 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Views afoot; or, Europe seen with knapsack and staff 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1846 — 218 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colorado: A Summer Trip (1867) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1989 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I love thee, I love but thee,
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old”
― Bayard Taylor, The Poems of Bayard Taylor

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“The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.”
― Bayard Taylor

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“you say that men are worse than women, as most people do, then of course we improve them by closer political”
― Bayard Taylor, Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home

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