"What was the rock my gliding childhood struck, And what bright unreal path has led me here?"
— Philip Larkin

January 1, 1970

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Lines from an early poem, letter to J. B. Sutton, 16 April 1941

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Lines from an early poem, letter to J. B. Sutton, 16 April 1941