Do Not Go Gentle Into
That Good Night
By
Dylan Thomas
This is my favorite poem. This is a
poem of joy and sadness. Sadness when I think of those I
cared about who went far too gently into ththat good
night. Of those who left before their time. Having once
seen the light myself is poem is even more poignant to
me.
J. Barry O'Connell
Jr.
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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 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.
-Dylan Thomas
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