My birthday began with the water- Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses And I rose In rainy aut… - Dylan Thomas

And I rose
In rainy autumn
And walked abroad in a shower of all my days...

And I rose
In rainy autumn
And walked abroad in a shower of all my days...

I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, down throw and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.

And time cast forth my mortal creature To drift or drown upon the seas Acquainted with the salt adventure Of tides that never touch the shores. I who was rich was made the richer By sipping at the vine of days.