Think of what our Nation stands for,
Books from Boots’ and country lanes,
Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
Democracy and proper drains.
John Betjeman (1906-84), British poet. In Westminster Abbey, St. 4 (published in Old Lights for New Chancels, 1 940).
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