DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT

Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rage at close of day
Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Though wise men at the 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 learned, too late, they grieved it on its way
Do not go gentle into that dark 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 dark night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.