Do not go gentle into that good night... Rage, rage against the dying of the light
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Poet Dylan Thomas famously admonished his readers, “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
From Scientific American
Another sign quoted Dylan Thomas: “Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
From The New Yorker
“On Wednesday, I felt that country slipping further away. And it was dark. But then I remembered the words of Dylan Thomas, Do not go gentle into that good night … rage, rage, against the dying of the light.”
From Seattle Times
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas famously advised us “Do not go gentle into that good night/Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
From Los Angeles Times
The poet from whom Robert Zimmerman borrowed his stage name, Dylan Thomas, famously advised us: “Do not go gentle into that good night / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
From Los Angeles Times
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