Do not go gentle into that good night

Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953

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.

Points we learn today: 1. at close of day; at the close of the day 在一天结束的时刻 2. rave (vi) 咆哮 3. rage (against) feel or express violent uncontrollable anger 狂怒: he raged at the futility of it all | [with direct speech] : ‘That's unfair!’ Maggie raged. • continue with great force or intensity: the argument raged for days | the children had to seek shelter while the storm raged. 4. fork (v.) 1 [no object] (especially of a route) divide into two parts: the place where the road forks. • [no object, with adverbial of direction 方向副词] take or constitute one route or the other at the point where a route divides （选择了其中一条继续走下去）: we forked north-west for Rannoch. • Computing split (a process) into two or more independent processes: the attack can only work against a server that forks separate processes to handle client requests. 2 [with object] dig or move (something) with a fork: fork in some compost. 5. frail: adj. (of a person) weak and delicate: his small, frail body; she looked frail and vulnerable. • easily damaged or broken; weak: the balcony is frail ; the country's frail economy. 6. deed: n. chiefly literary an action that is performed intentionally or consciously: doing good deeds. • a brave or noble act: their deeds will live on in song. syn: action, performance 7. blaze verb [no object] burn fiercely or brightly: the fire blazed merrily. • (blaze up) burst into flame: he attacked the fire with poker and tongs until it blazed up. • shine brightly or powerfully: the sun blazed down | figurative : Barbara's eyes were blazing with anger. 8. meteor /ˈmiːtɪɔː/流星 9. gay （dated） light-hearted and carefree 无忧无虑的: Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face.

Do not go gentel into that good night