Famous quotes containing the words sir john, john and/or betjeman:
“Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn,
Furnish’d and burnish’d by Aldershot sun,
What strenuous singles we played after tea,
We in the tournament—you against me!”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)
“Thou hast brought him a pardon from good King John.””
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 108)
“Lord, reserve for me a crown,
And do not let my shares go down.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)