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John Betjeman was English poet, writer and broadcaster. Explore interesting quotes on look.

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“It was through looking at churches that I came to believe in the reason churches were built.”

The Best of Betjeman, John Guest, Penguin Modern Classics, 1985. Written in 1948. (Blisland)

“No hope. And the X-ray photographs under his arm
Confirm the message. His wife stands timidly by.
The opposite brick-built house looks lofty and calm,
Its chimneys steady against the mackerel sky.”

"Devonshire Street W.1" line 1, from A Few Late Chrysanthemums (1954).
Poetry

“Sing on, with hymns uproarious,
Ye humble and aloof,
Look up! and oh how glorious
He has restored the roof!”

"Hymn", from Mount Zion (1931).
Poetry