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RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

Posts 3023
United Kingdom

0 posted 1999-11-09 06:30 PM

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.

Through 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 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.

by Dylan Thomas

Craig, you're a calming influence, specially after Adult!

HUSG

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

1 posted 1999-11-09 06:33 PM

Beautiful RG

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Through poetry my heart and soul truly sing...
~Isis~
(Daughter of Mystery)

Craig
Member

since 1999-06-10

Posts 444

2 posted 1999-11-09 06:35 PM

I wish I could write like that!!!

I never will but I enjoy trying.

Thanks Rainbow

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Yes, I admit your general rule. That every poet is a fool:
But I myself may serve to show it. That every fool is not a poet.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

3 posted 1999-11-09 11:07 PM

Thomas is wonderful

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Alis volat propriis
(She flies with her own wings)

Sally S.
Senior Member

since 1999-06-07

Posts 847
Ohio

4 posted 1999-11-10 12:08 PM

always enjoyed that poem. Thanks for the memory.

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

5 posted 1999-11-10 12:38 PM

Quite possibly the greatest villanelle ever written. Thanks, Rainbow.

JTF
Member

since 1999-08-09

Posts 319
France

6 posted 1999-11-10 04:02 AM

I must admit it's the first time I read that one ... Superb ! ... Thank you for sharing it Rainbow ...

HUSG

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

7 posted 1999-11-10 04:04 AM

enjoyed the read.

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

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