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The North Ship, Philip Larkin''s earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945 and reissued in 1966 by Faber. The introduction, by Larkin himself, explains the circumstances of its publication and the influences which shaped its content.

This is the first thing
I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.

The North Ship Faber Poetry

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 02/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9780571260133, 978-0571260133
      ISBN10: 0571260136
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The North Ship, Philip Larkin''s earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945 and reissued in 1966 by Faber. The introduction, by Larkin himself, explains the circumstances of its publication and the influences which shaped its content.

      This is the first thing
      I have understood:
      Time is the echo of an axe
      Within a wood.

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