The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. And I am dumb to tell th… - Dylan Thomas

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The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

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About Dylan Thomas

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

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Alternative Names: Dylan Marlais Thomas
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The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer
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William Butler Yeats Alfred Tennyson Edna St. Vincent Millay Theodore Roethke Lord Byron

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