death Life Stronger Than Death In A Refusal to Mourn the Death by Fire of a Child in London Thomas refuses to cry for the dead child He says After the first death there is no other He believes death is not an end The child becomes one with the sea the corn and the earth She becomes part of God s creation again Her spirit lives in the riding Thames and in the silence of nature Thomas celebrates the beauty of this return to life Death here is peaceful and holy not dark The Cry for Life in Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night In Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Thomas speaks to his dying father He cries Rage rage against the dying of the light Here light means life and hope The poet asks his father to fight against death Wise men good men wild men and grave men all fight for life s fire Even in old age Thomas wants the soul to burn bright Death may come but the human spirit must not surrender Love and passion make life eternal Dylan Thomas celebrates life as eternal and holy He sees it in flowers rivers children and fathers For him death cannot defeat love or nature Life flows in every leaf star and heart His poetry sings that even in death life still shines