Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“none
Thought of the others they would never meet
Or how their lives would all contain this hour.
I thought of London spread out in the sun,
Its postal districts packed like squares of wheat:”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)

“How distant, the departure of young men
Down valleys....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“The moon, the anchorless
Moon go swerving
Down at the earth for a catastrophic kiss.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)