Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet
- a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land & of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader The late John Betjeman observed that 'this tenderly observant poet writes clearly rhythmically & thoughtfully about what all of us can understand' Behind this modest description lies a poet who made greatness look in Milton's prescription 'simple sensuous & passionate' This collection first published in 1967 contains many of his best-loved poems including The Whitsun Weddings An Arundel Tomb Days Mr Bleaney & MCMXIV