When Asked For His Own [favourite Poem], Dylan [Thomas] Slowly Said, "This Is The Best Poem In The English Language," And Then Repeated Gravely And With Feeling These Line

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When asked for his own [favourite poem], Dylan [Thomas] slowly said,
"This is the best poem in the English language," and then repeated
gravely and with feeling these lines:

I am
Thou art
He, she, it is
We are
You are
They are.
-- Richard Burton (1577-1640),
-- quoted in Andrew Sinclair's "No Man More Magical"

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