Light breaks on secret lots,
On tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain;
When logics die,
The secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And blood jumps in the sun;
Above the waste allotments the dawn halts." - Meaning and context.">
Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, st. 1 (1934), st. 5

Light breaks on secret lots,
On tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain;
When logics die,
The secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And blood jumps in the sun;
Above the waste allotments the dawn halts.

— Dylan Thomas

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Light breaks on secret lots,
On tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain;
When logics die,
The secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And blood jumps in the sun;
Above the waste allotments the dawn halts." in the context of "Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, st. 1 (1934), st. 5" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Dylan Thomas

About Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer.