These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.

Quote by Dylan Thomas

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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Do not go gentle into that goodnight, rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Do not go gentle into that goodnight, rage, rage against the dying of the light.

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.

The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.

Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends...

Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends...

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become...

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become...

Love is like a faucet, you can turn it off an' on, But when you...

Love is like a faucet, you can turn it off an' on, But when you...

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week...

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week...

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it...

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it...

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is...

I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is...

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

I discourage a cult of personality.

I discourage a cult of personality.