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Dawn breaks behind the eyes;
From poles of skull and toe the windy blood
Slides like a sea;
Nor fenced, nor staked, the gushers of the sky
Spout to the rod
Divining in a smile the oil of tears.

— Dylan Thomas

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A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.

The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration of man, which is also the celebration of God.

Poetic Manifesto (1951)

Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

Fern Hill (1946)

After the first death, there is no other.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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