Bayard Taylor, The Guests of Night.
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The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.

— Bayard Taylor on Goldenrods

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods." in the context of "Bayard Taylor, The Guests of Night." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bayard Taylor

About Bayard Taylor

Bayard Taylor (11 January 1825 – 19 December 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat.