14/10/2023
Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas ๐1914 โ 1953๐
๐งธ๐Do 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.
๐๐ดThough 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.
๐๐คGood 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.
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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.
๐๐ชฆGrave 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.
โ๏ธ๐And you, my father, there on the 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.
๐๐ผFrom The Poems of Dylan Thomas, published by New Directions. Copyright ยฉ 1952, 1953 Dylan Thomas. Copyright ยฉ 1937, 1945, 1955, 1962, 1966, 1967 the Trustees for the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas. Copyright ยฉ 1938, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1971 New Directions Publishing Corp. Used with permission.