John Betjeman Quotes - Page 2

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• Old men who never cheated, never doubted,
  Communicated monthly, sit and stare
  At the new suburb stretched beyond the run-way
  Where a young man lands hatless from the air.

  John Betjeman

  Running, Men, Air

  'Death of King George V' (1937)

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• Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band!
  Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!

  John Betjeman

  Girl, Twilight, Games

  'Subaltern's Love-Song' (1945)

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• Lovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston man.

  John Betjeman

  Men, Thinking, Church

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• A whispering and watery Norfolk sound
  Telling of all the moonlit reeds around.

  John Betjeman

  Whispering, Reeds, Sound

  John Betjeman (2005). “Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse”, p.15, A&C Black

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• Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's bust.

  John Betjeman

  Horse, Silly, Naughty

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• One mark of good verse is surprise

  John Betjeman

  Surprise, Mark, Verses

  John Betjeman (2007). “Sweet Songs of Zion: Selected Radio Talks”

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• Approval of what is approved of
  Is as false as a well-kept vow.

  John Betjeman

  Approval, Belief, Vow

  John Betjeman (1967). “Collected Poems”

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