Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

    Now night perfumes lie upon the air,
    As rests the blossom on the loaded bough;
    And each deep-drawn breath is redolent
    Of all the folded flowers’ mingled scent
    That rises in confused rapture now.
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Having grown up in shade of Church and State
    Breathing the air of drawing-rooms and scent ...
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Since you were so thankfully confused
    By law with someone else, you cannot be
    Semantically the same as that young beauty:
    It was of her that these two words were used.
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)