Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

    “Leaves chase warm buses, speckle statued air,
    Pile up in corners, fetch out vague broomed men
    Through mists at morning.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Uneasy shifting resumes
    As sterilisers steam
    And the routine begins again
    Of putting questions to flesh
    That no one would think to ask
    But a Ph.D. with a beard....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Talent, felicity
    These things withdraw,
    And are succeeded by a dingier crop
    That come to stop....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)