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Suffolk Church near Cavendish
Even
for the non-religious they hold a special place. These churches are those
described by Philip Larkin in "Church Going":
Once I am sure there's nothing going
on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.
Another church: matting, seats, and stone,
And little books; sprawlings of flowers, cut
For Sunday, brownish now; some brass and stuff
Up at the holy end; the small neat organ;
And a tense, musty, unignorable silence,
Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off
My cycle-clips in awkward reverence. |
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