i think it continues "they don't mean to, but they do"
2007-01-30 06:51:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
This Be The Verse, by Phillip Larkin
They **** you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
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2007-01-30 06:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by Coley 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Philip Larkin
2007-01-30 07:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by Gladys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philip Larkin
2007-01-30 06:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phillip Larkin
2007-01-30 07:48:26 · answer #4 · answered by i_am_jean_s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philip Larkin.
2007-01-30 07:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes as others have said, the late great but very miserable Philip Larkin.
2007-01-30 08:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larkin.
2007-01-30 07:00:59 · answer #7 · answered by Bapboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philip Larkin in his collection "High Windows."
2007-01-30 21:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by los 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philip Larkin- who masqueraded as a quiet librarian all his life!
2007-01-30 21:43:03 · answer #9 · answered by toot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phillip Larkin.
Some woman quoted it on Radio 2 lunctime news a few months ago and caused a bit of a stir :-)
2007-02-01 02:28:57 · answer #10 · answered by Gyp77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋