Thomas Buchanan Read

thumb|Thomas Buchanan Read Thomas Buchanan Read (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872), American poet, was a portrait-painter, and lived much abroad. He wrote a prose romance, The Pilgrims of the Great St. Bernard, and several books of poetry, including The New Pastoral, The House by the Sea, Sylvia, and A Summer Story. Quotes Poems (1847) Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co. O Night! most beautiful and rare!Thou givest the heavens their holiest hue,And through the azure fields of airBringest down the gentle dew. A Hymn to the Night Variants: 'givest' for 'giv'st', Bring'st for 'Bringest' Poems (1853) Philadelphia: A. Hart, late Carey and Hart Within the sober realm of leafless trees, The russet year inhaled the dreamy air;Like some tanned reaper, in his hour of ease, When all the fields are lying brown and bare. The Closing Scene, st. 1 The New Pastoral (1855) Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, successors to A. Hart We bring roses, beautiful fresh roses,Dewy as the morning and colored like the dawn. Bk. vii (p. 71) Poems (1866) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. My soul to-dayIs far awaySailing the Vesuvian Bay. Drifting With dreamful eyesMy spirit liesUnder the walls of Paradise. Drifting Yon deep bark goesWhere Traffic blowsFrom lands of sun to lands of snows;—Yon happier one,Its course is runFrom lands of snow to lands of sun. Drifting A Summer Story, Sheridan's Ride, and Other Poems (1865) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar,Telling the battle was on once more,And Sheridan twenty miles away. Sheridan’s Ride Variant: 'terrible rumble, grumble and roar' I hate the sin, but I love the sinner. What a Word May Do External links Category:1872 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:19th-century poets from the United States Category:Painters from the United States Category:People from Pennsylvania