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Unread 05-06-2017, 04:16 PM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
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Whereas Larkin's closing line "Never such innocence again" reminds me of Yeats: not just "The ceremony of innocence is drowned", but also

"All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born",

from "Easter, 1916".
Interesting to hear these voices -Thomas, Yeats - coming through the Larkin. I suspect the Thomas meant a fair bit to him, think of the end of "The Whitsun Weddings".

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John
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