Bayard Taylor: Knowledge alone is the being of Nature, Giving a soul to her manifold features, Lighting through paths of the primitive

Knowledge alone is the being of Nature, Giving a soul to her manifold features, — Bayard Taylor

Knowledge alone is the being of Nature, Giving a soul to her manifold features, Lighting through paths of the primitive darkness, The footsteps of Truth and the vision of Song.

Bayard Taylor

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