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Shamus

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2020.12.19 00:15

Church Going by Philip Larkin.

Part 4 of 4.

Bored, uninformed

, knowing the ghostly silt
Dispersed, yet tending to this cross of ground
Through suburb scrub because it held unspilt
So long and equably what since is found
Only in separation – marriage, and birth,
And death, and thoughts of these – for which was built
This special shell? For, though I’ve no idea
What this accoutred frowsty barn is worth,
It pleases me to stand in silence here;

A serious house on serious earth it is,
In whose blent air all our compulsions meet,
Are recognised, and robed as destinies.
And that much never can be obsolete,
Since someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more serious,
And gravitating with it to this ground,
Which, he once heard, was proper to grow wise in,
If only that so many dead lie round.
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  • Rainy Clouds 2020.12.19 00:20

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    I wish to hear your voice joyfully ☺👏
  • Pavel 2020.12.19 00:22

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    Спасибо за контент!
  • Shamus 2020.12.19 00:24

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    @Rainy Clouds Haha. 😉
  • Shamus 2020.12.19 00:25

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    Thank you. ☺
  • Qui 2020.12.19 00:26

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    @Pavel
  • Pavel 2020.12.19 00:28

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    ?
  • Rainy Clouds 2020.12.19 00:31

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    @Shamus it's my pleasure
  • أميرة والديا 2020.12.19 01:01

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    Thank you so much
  • Kylie 2020.12.19 05:18

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