Beyond words
And in the shadowless unclouded glare / Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where / A misty sea-line meets the wash of air
Sir John Betjeman honoured in a seven foot high bronze statue created by Martin Jennings at the restored St Pancras Station, London. The larger than life-size statue of Betjeman depicts him walking into the new station for the first time. He is looking up at the great arc of the train shed – which he always did because it took his breath away. He is leaning back and holding onto his hat, his coat tails billowing out behind him, caught by the wind from a passing train.
The inscription at the base of the statue comes from his poem Cornish Cliffs
He helped save the station from demolition in the 1960s and through his gentle, homely poems, he inspired a generation to see these Victorian stations with fresh eyes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDcMZR7gS0I