with its rise to the fervent pitch of that "scorned advantage", which the rich will voluntarily give away in a moment of revolutionary fervour, followed by a mocking, Betjemanesque rhyme: "They know that it can't happen / In Worthing or Wantage". Given the range of his interests, across time, space and art, these are perhaps the last places on earth where one might look for Charles Tomlinson. The Rich
from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: The Rich by Charles Tomlinson
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