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Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion.

Dylan Thomas

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Dylan Thomas
Age: 39 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 27
Died: 1953
Died: November 9
Author
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Playwright
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Abertawe
Dylan Marlais Thomas
Death
Dominion
Breaks
Till
Sun
Shall
Break

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