Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed its… - Philip Larkin

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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.

Philip Larkin

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Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and librarian.

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W. H. Auden T. S. Eliot Wisława Szymborska William Carlos Williams Czesław Miłosz

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