Thomas Buchanan Read (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872), was an American poet and portrait painter.
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“Hurrah! Hurrah for Sheridan!
Hurrah! Hurrah for horse and man!”
—Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
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The men, the beasts, the trees, the implements
Uttered even what they will in times far hence—
All of us gone out of the reach of change—
Immortal in a picture of an old grange.”
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