“Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound”
Source: Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse
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“A whispering and watery Norfolk sound Telling of all the moonlit reeds around.”
Source: Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse
“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.”