• I have been all men known to history, Wondering at the world and at time passing; I have seen evil, and the light blessing Innocent love under a spring sky.

    R. S. Thomas: I have been all men known to history,
Wondering at the world and at time passing;
I have seen evil, and the light blessing
Innocent love under a spring sky.
    "Song at the Year's Turning : Poems, 1942-1954". Book by R. S. Thomas, 1955.