Seated at table - no need for the fracture of the room's si… - R. S. Thomas

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Seated at table -
no need for the fracture
of the room's silence; noiselessly
they conversed.

R. S. Thomas

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poetry silence

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About R. S. Thomas

Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his Welsh nationalism, intense spirituality, and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales.

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Native Name: Ronald Stuart Thomas

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Seated at table - no need for the fracture of the room's silence; noiselessly they conversed. - R. S. Thomas

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