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Do Not Go Gentle 50
Lyrics: Dylan Thomas
Tune: Larry Gordon
Meter: P.M.
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 that sad height,
Curse bless me now with your fierce tears I pray,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
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