First Line: LIGHT SPREADS DARKLY DOWNWARDS FROM THE HIGH Last Line: (IF HOME EXISTED) LETTERS OF EXILE: NOW %NIGHT COMES ON. WAVES FOLD BEHIND VILLAGES
Poem Sources:
THE BLOODAXE BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY POETRY; FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND. LONGLEY, EDNA (ED.) (2000)
COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.) LARKIN, PHILIP (1989)