Bits of this poem have been repeating through my head since I heard the news last Friday that a dear friend had lost her mother. Yesterday when I received news of the death of another friend, I came back to the lines. The opening stanzas are included below with the full text available at Poets.org.
Do not go gentle into that good night
by Dylan Thomas
Source: Poets.org
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
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