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John Betjeman
English
Poet
About the author
Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.
John Betjeman,
English
Poet
#Wine
#Faces
I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.
John Betjeman,
English
Poet
#Thought
Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
John Betjeman,
English
Poet
#Reason
#Childhood
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
John Betjeman,
English
Poet
#Now
#World
#Laughter
#Harvest
People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
John Betjeman,
English
Poet
#People
#Public
#Houses
#Gardens
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,
English
Poet
#Life
#People
#World
#Luxury
#Necessity
#Poetry
#Oil