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The closer I move To death, one man through his sundered hulks, The louder the sun blooms And the tusked, ramshackling sea exults.

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Dylan Thomas
Age: 39 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 27
Died: 1953
Died: November 9
Author
Novelist
Playwright
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Abertawe
Dylan Marlais Thomas
Dying
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Sundered
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Blooms
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Louder
Men
Closer
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Sea
Sun

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