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(1914 - 1953)
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
 
  Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas


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Sid John Gardner (9/26/2008 1:28:00 PM)
Dylan Thomas MUST be one of our most talented and impressive poets of modern times.
The intensity of his writing is a fine example of the human spirit 'Rage Rage against the night', Fine words Best listened to as 'Under milk wood. Just listen to his words narrated by Richard Burton.
As death approaches 'Fight Fight down to the last wire'.... Do not accept the inevitible....contest it with every last breath.The message is self apparent to all red blooded people who love life...
Sid John Gardner.
Heba Ab (9/20/2008 9:59:00 PM)
i really like this poem because it represents strength and fortitude in both meaning and structure. The rhyming scheme is firm which corresponds to the poet's appeals to face death with a strong fighting attitude

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