• I have been Merlin wandering in the woods Of a far country, where the winds waken Unnatural voices , my mind broken By a sudden acquaintance with man's rage.

    R. S. Thomas: I have been Merlin wandering in the woods Of a far country, where the winds waken Unnatural voices , my mind broken By a sudden acquaintance with man's rage.
    "Song at the Year's Turning : Poems, 1942-1954". Book by R. S. Thomas, 1955.