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Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park,

The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark;

And the shut shops, the bleached Established names on the sunblinds,

The farthings and sovereigns,

And dark-clothed children at play Called after kings and queens,

The tin advertisements For cocoa and twist, and the pubs Wide open all day;

And the countryside not caring The place-names all hazed over With flowering grasses, and fields Shadowing Domesday lines Under wheats' restless silence;

The differently-dressed servants With tiny rooms in huge houses,

The dust behind limousines;

Never such innocence,

Never before or since,

As changed itself to past Without a word—the men Leaving the gardens tidy,

The thousands of marriages Lasting a little while longer:

Never such innocence again.

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Philip Larkin

Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, w…
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