Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“Sun. Tree. Beginning. God in a thicket. Crown.
Never-abdicated constellation. Blood.
Barn-clutch of life. Trigger of the future.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs:
Despite the artful tensions of the calendar....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“My age fallen away like white swaddling
Floats in the middle distance, becomes
An inhabited cloud.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)