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graywyvern's avatar

"welsh testament" isn't there anymore, but i found it at

https://www.best-poems.net/r_s_thomas/a_welsh_testament.html

Alexander Fayne's avatar

Oh, thank you for letting me know - they must have taken that down very recently.

I've changed the hyperlink: the recording I'm referring to is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYZEJzyw2o

Mark Scott's avatar

I like your reading, the last line especially. Thomas's poems seems a valid answer to Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben Adhem": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44433/abou-ben-adhem

Alexander Fayne's avatar

Thank you! - for your comment and for the link.

Paul Drexler's avatar

I think you’ve read this with just the right tone.