The life, travels, and literary career of Bayard Taylor . needed or not,is a question still undecided. Certainly he did notgain as much as he would, had he left GoethesFaust, and his own new volume of poems behindhim, and chafed much less under his great suspenseconcernimTj the results of the American War. Heran up the American flag to the ridge-pole of his cot-tage, and walked about uneasily, awaiting news fromhome. He talked of the war with his neisrhbors andvisitors, wrote about it to whomsoever of his friendshe thought might not understand the merits of thecontest, and, at last, about the
The life, travels, and literary career of Bayard Taylor . needed or not,is a question still undecided. Certainly he did notgain as much as he would, had he left GoethesFaust, and his own new volume of poems behindhim, and chafed much less under his great suspenseconcernimTj the results of the American War. Heran up the American flag to the ridge-pole of his cot-tage, and walked about uneasily, awaiting news fromhome. He talked of the war with his neisrhbors andvisitors, wrote about it to whomsoever of his friendshe thought might not understand the merits of thecontest, and, at last, about the 1st of August, hastilybroke up his cosy housekeeping, and returned toAmerica. When he again opened the doors of his dwelling atKennett, which he had given the poetical name of 286 LIFE OF BAYARD TAYLOK. Cedarcroft, it was to welcome to his fireside all wholoved their country. But, as he afterwards proudlydeclared, no traitor ever crossed its threshold. Manydistinguished raen visited him, including members ofConijress, and of the Presidents Cabinet. m m. ilil!illuli!lllllll||li;i||ll!;,ili||IMn|;,|jil[|||i;{. ,77,,, x^#i Jlliliyli^^^^^ SECRETARY OF LEGATION. 287 CHAPTER XXIX. Appointed as Secretary of Legation. — Life in St. Petersburg.—Literary Labors. — His Home at Kennett. — Publication of bisPoems. —Visits Iceland. — His Poem at tbe Millennial Celebra-tion.— Appointment as Minister to Berlin.—His Congratula-tions. — Reception at Berlin. — His Death. In the summer of 1862, Mr. Taylor accepted theappomtment as Secretary of Legation at St. Peters-burg, Russia, for which he was indebted to his life-longfriend, the Hon. George H. Boker, of Philadelphia,whose services to the nation as Minister Plenipoten-tiary, as well as his gifts as an author, have made hisname familiar to the reading public of America. It does not appear that the official duties connectedwith his office especially pleased Mr. Taylor, and it isbelieved by his friends that he regarded them in
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