Thomas Buchanan Read Poem by Francis Duggan

From Chester County in Pennsylvania a renowned artist and poet
In American culture one worthy of note
For future generations such beauty he did create
Thomas Buchanan Read was an artistic and a literary great

He died from injuries due to an accident just beyond his life's prime
But his poetry and art they have lived on in time
It can be said of him with words he had a way
And the art he created is highly valued today

A multitalented person one of Chester's County pride
Through the internet his fame it has spread Worldwide
One whose name has become quite famous beyond his Hometown
And for his talents did scale the summits of art and literary renown

Multitalented people like Thomas have been and will always be few
In this i am not saying anything that is new
He did not live for to die as an old man
But he did make the most out of his lifetime span.