Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

quote by John Betjeman
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

quote by John Betjeman
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by John Betjeman
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by John Betjeman
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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.

quote by John Betjeman
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by John Betjeman
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!