The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration… - Dylan Thomas

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The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration of man, which is also the celebration of God.

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

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To surrender now is to pay the expensive ogre twice.
Ancient woods of my blood, dash down to the nut of the seas.
If I take to burn or return this world which is each man's work.” — Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems

And the whole pain flows open and I die.

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