“And London shops on Christmas Eve Are strung with silver bells and flowers As hurrying clerks the City leave To pigeon-haunted classic towers, And marbled clouds go scudding by The many-steepled London sky” CitiesSkyFlowerCloudsLondonClassicShopsSilverBellsTowersPigeonsClerksHurryingChristmas EveSilver Bells Book:Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse Source: Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse
“Ludlow....is probably the loveliest town in England with its hill of Georgian houses ascending from the river Teme to the great tower of the cross-shaped church, rising behind a classic market building.” HouseChurchBehindsBuildingRiversCrossesEnglandTownsHillsClassicRisingTowersAscendingGeorgians Author:John Betjeman