When asked for his own [favourite poem], Dylan [Thomas] slowly said,
"This is the best poem in the English language," and then repeated
gravely and with feeling these lines:
I am
Thou art
He, she, it is
We are
You are
They are.
-- Richard Burton (1577-1640),
-- quoted in Andrew Sinclair's "No Man More Magical"
"This is the best poem in the English language," and then repeated
gravely and with feeling these lines:
I am
Thou art
He, she, it is
We are
You are
They are.
-- Richard Burton (1577-1640),
-- quoted in Andrew Sinclair's "No Man More Magical"
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