The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin Danez Smith Perhaps the most prevalent voice

Perhaps the most prevalent voice

Ian Duhig’s effortlessly fascinating and endlessly quotable verse has had a shaping influence on UK poetry for more than thirty years

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Among the poets included in this centuries-spanning edition are Elizabeth Bishop

The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin Danez Smith Perhaps the most prevalent voicePhilip Larkin's second collection, The Less Deceived was published by The Marvell Press in 1955, and now appears for the first time in Faber covers. The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and mane; Then one crops grass, and moves about The other seeming to look on And stands anonymous again. from 'At Grass'