Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

    “I saw three ships go sailing by,
    Over the sea, the lifting sea....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Behind the glass, under the cellophane,
    Remains your final summer sweet
    And meaningless, and not to come again.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “It was a green world,
    Unchanging holly with the curled
    Points, cypress and conifers,
    All that through the winter bears
    Coarsened fertility against the frost.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)