Quote#Truth
With dreamful eyes
Quote byThomas Buchanan Read · 1822–1872
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1866), Drifting.
English (original)
With dreamful eyes My spirit lies Under the walls of Paradise.
— Thomas Buchanan Read
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