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Do not go gentle into that good night" is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. [1] Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, [ 2 ] Thomas wrote the poem in 1947 while visiting Florence with his family.
The Jesse Belvin recording reached #7 on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1956. [5] The McGuire Sisters cover, also released in 1956, reached #32 on Billboard's pop chart. [6]The Paul Anka 1968 recording reached #27 on the Billboard singles chart in a 10-week chart run in 1969.
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) [1] was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.
For other songs with this title, see Goodnight My Love (disambiguation) "Goodnight My Love" is a popular song written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell in the 1960s. It should not be confused with the earlier pop song with the same title, recorded by Jesse Belvin and covered by many other artists.
Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas. [31] "Halt, Dynamos!" by Francis Heaney, in his Holy Tango of Literature. (A parody of "Do not go gentle into that good night.") "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke. "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath. "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. "If I Could Tell You (poem)" by W.H. Auden.
"Goodnight My Love" is a popular song with music by Harry Revel and lyrics by Mack Gordon, published in 1936. It was incorporated in the 1936 movie Stowaway, where it is sung first by Shirley Temple and later by Alice Faye. Temple also sings part of the song as part of a medley in her 1938 film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
49. “Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep, my only love.”—Stephenie Meyer. 50. “Good night, and good luck.”—Edward R ...
An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...