Even God had a Welsh name : He spoke to him in the old language; He was to have a peculiar care For the Welsh people. History showed us He was too big to be nailed to the wall Of a stone chapel, yet still we crammed him Between the boards of a black book .
R. S. ThomasTo live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild sky
R. S. ThomasIs there a place here for the spirit ? Is there time on this brief platform for anything other than mind 's failure to explain itself?
R. S. Thomassomewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time .
R. S. Thomas