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"True, when you behold Damascus from the Salahiyeh, the last slope of the Anti-Lebanon, it is the realization of all that you have dreamed of Oriental splendor; the world has no picture more dazzling. It is Beauty carried to the Sublime, as I have felt when overlooking some boundless forest of palms within the tropics."

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About Bayard Taylor

Bayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel writer of the 19th century. He was known for extensive travel narratives and literary work in American periodicals.

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