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Philip Larkin Biography...Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century.. English poet and novelist
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Endlessly, time-honoured irritant, A bubble is restively forming at your tip.... Go to Quote / Comment
The stained unsightly breath Of carious death. Go to Quote / Comment
The walking of girls' vulnerable feet, The heart in its own endless silence kneeling. Go to Quote / Comment
If hands could you free you, heart, Where would you fly? Go to Quote / Comment
At death, you break up: the bits that were you Start speeding away from each other for ever With no one to see. Go to Quote / Comment