© by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985)
Wants
Language: English
Beyond all this, the wish to be alone [ ... ]
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Confirmed with Philip Larkin, Collected Poems, edited by Anthony Thwaite, The Marvell Press and Faber and Faber, 1988, page 42.
Authorship:
- by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), "Wants", written 1950, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Huw Watkins (b. 1976), "Wants", 2010, first performed 2010 [ voice and piano ], from Five Larkin Songs, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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