{"id":93,"date":"2025-01-14T22:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2025-01-14T23:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:40:34","slug":"on-getting-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/on-getting-older\/","title":{"rendered":"On Getting Older"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dylan Thomas, 1914-1953<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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