13 High Windows, Highgate, London £15.00
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And immediately
Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:
The sun-comprehending glass,
And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows
Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.
Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:
The sun-comprehending glass,
And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows
Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.
last stanza of High Windows (published 1974)
from Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
Highgate not Hull.
Overcast not deep blue.
The long slide...