Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“Isolate city spread alongside water,
Posted with white towers, she keeps her face
Half-turned to Europe, lonely northern daughter,
Holding through centuries her separate place.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Can it be borne, this bodying-forth by wind
Of joy my actions turn on, like a thread
Carrying beads?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Rocks writhe back to sight.
Mussels, limpets,
Husband their tenacity
In the freezing slither
Creatures, I cherish you!”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)