Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

    On short, still days
    At the shut of the year
    We search the pathways
    Where the coverts were.
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    The notes, random
    From tuning, wander into the heat
    Like a new insect chirping in the scrub,
    Untired at noon. A chord gathers and spills....
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    He sighed with relief. He had got the job. He was safe.
    Putting on his gown, he prepared for the long years to come....
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)