Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“They would not guess how early in
Their supine stationary voyage
The air would change to soundless damage....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Stretched out before her, Rachel curls and curves,
Eyelids and lips apart, her glances filled
With satisfied ferocity; she smiles,
As beasts smile on the prey they have just killed.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Years in wingspans go
Across and over our heads. Watch them:
They are flying east. They are flying to the ebb
Of dark.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)