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> [And behind their frail partitions Business women lie and soak, Seeing through the draughty skylight Flying clouds and railway smoke. Rest you there, poor unbelov'd ones, Lap your loneliness in heat, All too soon the tiny breakfast, Trolley-bus and windy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/and-behind-their-frail-partitions-business-women-lie-and-soak-seeing/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

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## More by John Betjeman

> [It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/it-s-strange-that-those-we-miss-the-most-are-those-we-take-for-granted/)

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> [Hymns are the poetry of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/hymns-are-the-poetry-of-the-people/)

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> [I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/i-ought-to-warn-you-that-my-verse-is-of-no-interest-to-people-who-can/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [What the Londoner sees in his mind’s eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against a foggy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/what-the-londoner-sees-in-his-mind-s-eye-is-that-cluster-of-towers/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/people-s-backyards-are-much-more-interesting-than-their-front-gardens/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/oh-full-surrey-twilight-importunate-band-oh-strongly-adorable-tennis/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [“Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/come-friendly-bombs-and-fall-on-slough-it-isn-t-fit-for-humans-now/)

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> [A whispering and watery Norfolk sound Telling of all the moonlit reeds around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/a-whispering-and-watery-norfolk-sound-telling-of-all-the-moonlit/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/oh-wasn-t-it-naughty-of-smudges-oh-mummy-i-m-sick-with-disgust-she/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [“And marbled clouds go scudding by The many-steepled London sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/and-marbled-clouds-go-scudding-by-the-many-steepled-london-sky/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/)

> [And behind their frail partitions Business women lie and soak, Seeing through the draughty skylight Flying clouds and railway smoke. Rest you there, poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/and-behind-their-frail-partitions-business-women-lie-and-soak-seeing/)

[John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/i-have-a-vision-of-the-future-chum-the-workers-flats-in-fields-of/)

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> [Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans. Spare their women for Thy Sake, And if that is not too easy, We will pardon Thy Mistake.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/gracious-lord-oh-bomb-the-germans-spare-their-women-for-thy-sake-and/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/lovers-of-norfolk-churches-can-never-agree-which-is-the-best-and-i/)

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> [One mark of good verse is surprise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/one-mark-of-good-verse-is-surprise/)

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