Top 6 Quotes by Thomas Buchanan Read

My soul to-day Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.

Soul, Sailing, Far Away

Thomas Buchanan Read (1860). “Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read”, p.409

Look how the blue-eyed violets glance love to one another.

Flower, Blue, Violet

Thomas Buchanan Read (1847). “Poems”, p.54

All in their lifetime carve their own soul's statue.

Soul, Action, Lifetime

Thomas Buchanan Read (1868). “Lyric poems. Sylvia; or, the last shepherd. Miscellaneous. Airs from Alpland”, p.208

I hate the sin, but I love the sinner.

Hate, Sin, I Hate

Thomas Buchanan Read (1874). “The wagoner of the Alleghanies”, p.401

Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowly alpine river flowed And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind.

Ocean, Wind, Rivers

The heavens are full of floating mysteries.

Heaven, Floating, Mystery

Thomas Buchanan Read (1855). “Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read”, p.246

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