John Betjeman Quotes


Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. John Betjeman Childhood 153
I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. John Betjeman Future 100
Keep our Empire undismembered guide our Forces by Thy Hand, gallant blacks from far Jamaica, Honduras and Togoland; protect them Lord in all their fights, and even more, protect the whites. John Betjeman Empire 85
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold. John Betjeman Bonus 68
Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine. John Betjeman Faces 62
Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life. John Betjeman Poetry 31

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