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Old men who never cheated, never doubted, Communicated monthly, sit and stare At the new suburb stretched beyond the run-way Where a young man lands hatless from the air.

Old men who never cheated, never doubted, Communicated monthly, sit and stare At the new suburb stretched beyond the run-way Where a young man lands hatless from the air.

John Betjeman
Running, Men, Air
'Death of King George V' (1937)

Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!

John Betjeman
Girl, Twilight, Games
'Subaltern's Love-Song' (1945)

Lovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston man.

John Betjeman
Men, Thinking, Church

A whispering and watery Norfolk sound Telling of all the moonlit reeds around.

John Betjeman
Whispering, Reeds, Sound
John Betjeman (2005). “Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse”, p.15, A&C Black

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 collar-bone's bust.

John Betjeman
Horse, Silly, Naughty

One mark of good verse is surprise

John Betjeman
Surprise, Mark, Verses
John Betjeman (2007). “Sweet Songs of Zion: Selected Radio Talks”

Approval of what is approved of Is as false as a well-kept vow.

John Betjeman
Approval, Belief, Vow
John Betjeman (1967). “Collected Poems”

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