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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
by
Dylan Marlais Thomas

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.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' is a great lyric work by Dylan Thomas, dedicated to his dying father.

Writing in the 'villanelle' form, (nineteen lines/two end-rhymes)Thomas sees Night as a metaphor for Death; and with the cry, 'Do not go gentle into that good night', he's urging, 'Hang on to life, and when death's edging near, go to that edge fighting and raging.'

'Glum'Dylan should not be confused, though, with Bob Dylan. The latter is a Yankee singer who also gigged his way to fame writing stuff that nobody could understand. Yet God gave the enigmatic Yank a voice like a gorilla gagging on a goose-egg and, where it's a hot bet that Bob's thoughts are drug-enlightened, the Welsh hothead relied on the boozy alternative to heighten his mighty rhetoric - an 'alternative' that regrettably dragged him, raging and groggy, 'into that good night' long before he was ready to go.

He died, aged thirty-nine.

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Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me -
Yes! - that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we -
Of many far wiser than we -
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

It wasn't that many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a lady there lived with a viperish smile,
And her name was Blair, Cherie.
And this lady she lived with no other thought
Than to love and make much mon-ey.

He was named Tony and she was his wife,
In a kingdom by the sea;
And Tone devoted a love and a life
To the one they named Blair, Cherie.
But there were two men that he loved even more -
Himself and Bush (Bomber G.)

Glib Anthony Blair, he learnt how to lie,
In that kingdom by the sea,
And began to bomb Afghans with weenie Bush.
Leaving wife to make the mon-ey.
With the aid of her guru, Caplin, C,
And Aussie man, Foster, P,
Some bargain flats she planned to buy,
In this kingdom by the sea.

The Media, unveiled the unusual deal,
And lambasted selfish Cherie;
'Foster? the fellow's a nob!' they guffawed,
(In this kingdom by the sea);
'And why is a man that's been in a gaol,
Mutually matey with Blair, Cherie?'

Well the gullible lady, they tell, listened not
To anyone older than she,
To anyone better than she;
And not even a God, or heaven above,
Or any man wiser than she,
Could sever the bond that bound Cherie
To that wallaby, Foster, P.

When the law of the land took the villain in hand,
Cherie mumbled so penitently ;
'I'm naive, I was wrong, he's gone where he belongs,
Now I need to make much more mon-ey!'
And Cherie now gleefully feathers her nest,
Babbling unfunny rubbish for very large fees,
Huffing 'n' hamming on many TVs,
In various lands over the sea.

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Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she doesn't have a lot to say;
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day;
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta have a belly full of wine;
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Some day I'm gonna make her mine, oh yeah,
Some day I'm gonna make her mine.
(Lyrics - The Beatles)

Angelina is a Jolie fine girl
Me loves her so many ways;
Angelina has a yummy sassy tummy
To take my breath away;
Me needs to tell her that me loves her and say
I'd just love to get her belly close to mine;
Angelina is a Jolie fine chick,
But Brad Pitt get her heart, the creep, oh my;
Say Brad Pitt get her heart, oh my.
(Anthony Crafter)

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'HAPPY NEW YEAR'
by ABBA

No more champagne,
And the fireworks are through,
Here we are me and you,
Feeling lost and feeling blue;
It's the end of the party,
And the morning seems so grey,
So unlike yesterday,
Now's the time for us to say ...

Happy New Year
Happy New Year
May we all have a vision now and then,
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend,
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
May we all have our hopes our will to try,
If we don't we might as well lay down and die,
You and I.

Sometimes I see
How the brave new world arrives,
And I see how it thrives,
In the ashes of our lives;
Oh yes, man is a fool,
And he thinks he'll be okay
Dragging on, feet of clay,
Never knowing he's astray,
Keeps on going anyway ...

(Chorus)
Happy New Year
Happy New Year ...

Seems to me now,
That the dreams we had before
Are all dead, nothing more
Than confetti on the floor;
It's the end of a decade,
In another ten year's time,
Who can say what we'll find,
What lies waiting down the line,
In the end of eighty-nine ...

Happy New Year
Happy New Year
May we all have a vision now and then,
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend;
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try,
If we don't we might as well lay down and die,
You and I.

ON AN ERA IN DANGER
(A Whingeing-Old-MP Reunion)

No more campaigns,
Now the lying work is through,
Here we are me and you,
Labour red and Tory blue;
It's the end of the Party
Well, at least for you and I;
Now our life has gone by,
Let's at least see eye to eye ...

Happy New Year
Heavy With Fear
May we fulfil one hope, one destiny,
Of a world where preaching hate is history;
Happy New Year
Happy New Fear
May we all have an inner honesty,
If we don't we may as well all be MPs,
You and me.

Oh, how I've prayed,
A new Savior will arrive,
If the world's to survive,
If mankind's to stay alive;
Yet the world's run by fools,
Thinking things are, yeah, ok,
Hand in hand, day by day,
One by one, they lose the way;
No, don't believe a word they say!

(Chorus)
Happy New Year
Happy New Fear ...

Oh, now I see,
Wooden promises we made,
Were a game, a charade,
Winning votes and getting laid;
It's the end of an era,
And the stakes are now much higher,
Heaven knows why man's ire,
Needs to see the world on fire,
What a good thing we retired!

Happy New Year
Heavy With Fear
May we fulfil one hope, one destiny,
Of a world where preaching hate is history;
Happy New Year
Happy New Fear
May we all have an inner honesty,
If we don't we might as well all be MPs,
You and me.

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Updated: May 10, 2016


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