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2020.12.20 14:40

Lines on a Young Lady’s Photograph Album by Philip Larkin.

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But o, photography! as no art is,
Faithful and disappointing! that records
Dull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds,
And will not censor blemishes
Like washing-lines, and Hall’s-Distemper boards,

But shows the cat as disinclined, and shades
A chin as doubled when it is, what grace
Your candour thus confers upon her face!
How overwhelmingly persuades
That this is a real girl in a real place,

In every sense empirically true!
Or is it just the past? Those flowers, that gate,
These misty parks and motors, lacerate
Simply by being over; you
Contract my heart by looking out of date.
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Comments

  • Rainy Clouds 2020.12.20 14:45

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    👏👏👏👏😄
  • Cherry 2020.12.20 14:53

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    好听
  • malvina ॐ 2020.12.20 15:02

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    💗💗💗
  • Chen 2020.12.20 15:56

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    不看文章听 就是我英语六级听力的感觉💔

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