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- ↑ Mason, D. (2012). Book Review: The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin. Wall Street Journal. [online] 13 Apr. Available at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303302504577323812276425678 [Accessed 7 Jan. 2024].
- ↑ Larkin, Philip (2004). Thwaite, Anthony (ed.). Collected Poems . Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 81. ISBN 9780374529208.