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I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

And marbled clouds go scudding byThe many-steepled London sky.

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Late-Flowering LustMy head is bald, my breath is bad,Unshaven is my chin,I have not now the joys I h...

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John Betjeman

Poet

Born: 1906-08-28

Died: 1984-05-19

Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.More