Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas. First Edition.

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) was a Welsh poet and writer, and is regarded as one of the most important Welsh poets of the twentieth century. He was widely popular during his lifetime and earned a reputation as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet," which behavior eventually led to his premature death at the age of 39. He's probably best known for his 1951 poem Do not go gentle into that good night. If you've never read it, it's a classic. Here it is in its entirety:

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Great stuff, eh?

Under Milk Wood is a 1954 radio drama by Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC. It was later released in book form and adapted for the stage. The plot involves an omniscient narrator inviting the audience to listen to the inner dialogues, thoughts and dreams of a fictional Welsh fishing village. This is the first British edition of the book, released in 1954:

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