And they call it "Tom Swiftie" because... one for the MOMH

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> tanwo at h... wrote:
> 
> > > Gives a whole new meaning to "Do not go gently into that good
> > night,"
> > > don't it?
> > >
> > > --Amanda, going "eeuuuwww"
> >
> > Shakespeare????
> 
> No. Now this is going to drive me crazy. Not Edna St. Vincent-
Millay, I
> don't think. It's the poem that ends "Rage, rage, against the 
fading of
> the light!" Not Browning. RRRRRRR. Who's the lady poet who 
wrote "Since
> I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me"? I think it's 
her.
> And absolutely no brain cells interested in helping me out and 
giving me
> a hint of her name. I mean, I had to write a term paper about her.
> AAAAGH.
> 
> parenthood...*gasp* must have adult conversation....ability to 
converse
> intelligently fading....*wheeze*...literary memories slipping
> away...(sinks into Disney-induced stupor)
> 
> --Amanda


Amanda--

It's the title and first line of Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gently Into 
That Goodnight'

The first two lines are:  'Do not go gently into that goodnight/Rage, 
rage, against the dying of the light.' 

It's one of my favourite poems.  I read it to the woods in a private 
memorial service I had for my dad when he passed away. 

Peace & Plenty,

Parker