This volume, edited by Anthony Thwaite, contains all of Philip Larkin's poetry published during his lifetime. It consists of the contents of The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows in their original ordering, plus two appendices containing all the other poems Larkin published e.g. "Aubade".
Appendices
The first appendix contains poems published in magazines and journals before 1972, but not subsequently collected by Larkin. The contents of the privately printed XX Poems (1951) are deemed to be in this category.
- [Ellipsis (...) indicates first line of an untitled poem]
The second appendix contains those poems published after High Windows, Larkin's final volume.
- The Life with a Hole in it
- Bridge for the Living
- Aubade
- In times when nothing stood...
- New eyes each year...
- The Mower
- Dear Charles, My Muse, asleep or dead...
- Party Politics
See also
- Collected Poems â€" 1988 edition
- List of poems by Philip Larkin