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We cannot know what John of Leyden felt
Under the Bishop's tongs – we can only
Walk in temperate London, our educated city,
Wishing to cry as freely as they did who died
In the Age of Faith. We have our loneliness
And our regret with which to build an eschatology.

— Peter Porter

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Somewhere at the heart
of the universe sounds the
true mystic note: Me.

The Last of England (1970)

A professional
is one who believes he has
invented breathing.

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In the New World, happiness is enforced.

Language of the liberal dead speaks
From the soil of Highgate, tears
Show a great water table is intact.
You cannot leave England, it turns
A planet majestically in the mind.

The Last of England (1970)

Much have I travelled in the realms of gold
for which I thank the Paddington and Westminster
Public Libraries.

The Last of England (1970)

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