And death shall have no dominion is a poem written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953).
On 10 September 1936, two years after the release of his first volume of poetry, Twenty-five Poems was published. Twenty-five Poems revealed Thomas’ personal philosophies pertaining to religion and the forces of nature. Included in this introspective volume of work is And death shall have no dominion. The poem has also been recorded as being published in the New English Weekly in March 1933.
This poem is featured significantly in the television series Beauty and the Beast (Series 2), originally aired in 1988, and the film Solaris, released in 2002. It was also used at the start and ending of the movie Omega Doom.
The titles of the novels 'They Shall Have Stars' by James Blish and 'No Dominion' by Charlie Huston are taken from the poem.
In Brave Saint Saturn's Album "Anti-Meridian" the final five lines of the first verse open the CD, accompanied by music.
In the film The Weight of Water from the book of the same title written by Anita Shreve, Sean Penn in the role of melancholy poet Thomas Janes recites the last four lines of the first stanza. At the end of the film after Janes drowns, the film reprises his recitation of the second and third lines of this section, but this time the film leaves the last line poignantly unspoken.
"And Death Shall Have No Dominion" is also the title of a score piece by composer Michael Giacchino, used in the sixth and final season of the television series Lost.
In the second and final part of the 2011 BBC TV Miniseries The Field of Blood the poem's second through ninth lines are recited from memory by character Dr. Pete, played by Peter Capaldi, in a pub as he drunkenly faces his imminent death of cancer, seated alone.