They left no books , Memorial to their lonely thought In grey parishes: rather they wrote On men's hearts and in the minds Of young children sublime words Too soon forgotten. God in his time Or out of time will correct this.
R. S. ThomasIt is too late to start For destinations not of the heart . I must stay here with my hurt.
R. S. Thomassomewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time .
R. S. Thomas