Quotes of John Betjeman - somelinesforyou

“ And marbled clouds go scudding by The manysteepled London sky. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ 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

“ 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

“ Phone for the fish-knives, Norman As Cook is a little unnerved; You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes And I must have things daintily served. ”

- John Betjeman

“ Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold. ”

- John Betjeman

“ Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. ”

- John Betjeman

“ Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ Phone for the fish-knives, Norman As Cook is a little unnerved; You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes And I must have things daintily served. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ 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

“ Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold. ”

- John Betjeman

“ 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

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ 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

“ 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

“ People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ”

- John Betjeman

“ And London shops on Christmas EveAre strung with silver bells and flowersAs hurrying clerks the City leaveTo pigeon-haunted classic towers,And marbled clouds go scudding byThe many-steepled London sky. ”

- John Betjeman

“ 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

“ The Church's Restoration / In eighteen-eighty-three / Has left for contemplation / Not what there used to be. ”

- John Betjeman
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