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The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself, I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone.
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"The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself, I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone."
— Dylan Thomas

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The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself, I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone. — Dylan Thomas

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Dylan Thomas was a Poet from United Kingdom (1914–1953).

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This quote is attributed to Dylan Thomas, a Poet from United Kingdom.
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Dylan Thomas lived from 1914 – 1953.