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Things are tougher than we are, just As earth will always respond However we mess it about.

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Philip Larkin
Age: 63 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 9
Died: 1985
Died: December 2
Critic
Journalist
Librarian
Music Critic
Music Journalist
Novelist
Poet
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Coventry
England
UK
Philip Arthur Larkin
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Living in England has no such excuse: These are my customs and establishments.
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