The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone. What … - Dylan Thomas

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The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone. What the words stood for, symbolized, or meant, was of very secondary importance.

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Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer.

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All the Christmases roll down toward the two-tongued sea, like a cold and headlong moon bundling down the sky that was our street; and they stop at the rim of the ice-edged, fish-freezing waves, and I plunge my hands in the snow and bring out whatever I can find.
A Child's Christmas in Wales · September 1, 1985 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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