Good Tune Quotes by John Betjeman

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• Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
• Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
• Ludlow....is probably the loveliest town in England with its hill of Georgian houses ascending from the river Teme to the great tower…
• What the Londoner sees in his mind’s eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against…
• Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my…
• Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the…
• I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.
• Hymns are the poetry of the people.
• Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry..about the country, the suburbs and the seaside... then there come's love... and…
• There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or…
• Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music..
• One mark of good verse is surprise

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