Now if the harvest is over
And the world cold
Give me the bonus of laughter
As I lose hold.
Source: From A Nip in the Air, Norton 76, recalled on his death; in Time, 28 May 1984.
-- John Betjeman, (Apr 6 1906-1984), English poet, broadcaster, and writer on architecture; He was the English Poet Laureate, 1972-1984; nostalgic and wary of change, he preferred the countryside to the city, and was impassioned in his abhorrence of modern architecture.