“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, book The Whitsun Weddings

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The Whitsun Weddings (1964)

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English poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian 1922–1985

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