The farm animals foxes pheasants calves and horses were his friends Everything around him was full of love and life Fern Hill as a Holy and Peaceful Place The poet describes Fern Hill as pure and sacred It is almost like the Garden of Eden He writes And the sabbath rang slowly In the pebbles of the holy streams Even the rivers and stones seemed to sing softly as if praising God The farm shines like creation s first morning It was Adam and maiden Fern Hill becomes not just a farm but a symbol of divine beauty and innocence Fern Hill and the Passing of Time As time passes the poet realizes that childhood cannot last forever He says Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea Time gave him joy but also took it away Yet the memory of Fern Hill remains golden and eternal in his heart In Fern Hill Dylan Thomas turns Fern Hill Farm into a symbol of lost paradise He makes it a place where childhood nature and time come together in perfect harmony nbsp