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Poems - Softcover

Thomas Buchanan Read

 
9780461675979: Poems

Synopsis

Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read. This 1852 collection gathers Read's Romantic American verse, blending nature, memory, love, art, and moral reflection. From My Hermitage, a solitary meditation among ancient trees, to vivid scenes of travel, love, and loss, the Poems traverse pastoral valleys, city streets, and the inner life. The volume highlights Read's masterful descriptions of landscapes—deserted roads, streams, summer showers, hazel dell—and his lyric odes to home, family, and beauty, such as The Light of Our Home and The Two Doves. It also explores art and imagination through Poems like The Sculptor's Last Hour and Pioneers of Art, and contemplates mortality and transcendence in pieces such as A Vision of Death and The Realm of Dreams. The collection also contains patriotic and social pieces, including Song for a Sabbath Morning, Freedom's Day, The New Village, and Outward Bound, revealing a Romantic vision of art, democracy, and human sympathy.

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