John Betjeman: Many

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

John Betjeman: 60 quotes4 likes

“And marbled clouds go scudding by
The many-steepled London sky.”

Source: Selected Poems

“In the licorice fields at Pontefract
My love and I did meet
And many a burdened licorice bush
Was blooming round our feet;
Red hair she had and golden skin,
Her sulky lips were shaped for sin,
Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd
The strongest legs in Pontefract.”

"The Licorice Fields at Pontefract" from A Few Late Chrysanthemums.
Poetry

“He would have liked to say goodbye,
Shake hands with many friends.
In Highgate now his finger-bones
Stick through his finger-ends.You, God, who treat him thus and thus,
Say, "Save his soul and pray."
You ask me to believe You and
I only see decay.”

"On a Portrait of a Deaf Man" line 25, from Old Lights for New Chancels.
Poetry