Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“Greeds
And garbage are too thick-strewn
To be swept up now, or invent
Excuses that make them all needs.
I just think it will happen, soon.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Oh, play that thing! Mute glorious Storyvilles
Others may license, grouping round their chairs
Sporting-house girls like circus tigers....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“It used to make me throw up,
These mawkish nursery games:
O when will England grow up?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)