<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382761" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Actress</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Spellbound, she peeked beyond the curtain.<br>The audience was full.<br>She could not remember her opening lines<br>and now there came a lull.<br>The time had arrived for her grand debut.<br>Where had her words all gone? <br>She'd rehearsed them over and over again<br>and now the curtain was drawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lights were shining upon her face<br>and the audience was devoid of noise.<br>She closed her eyes for a second<br>and became the picture of poise.<br>One by one the words unfolded<br>and she became the character she played.<br>By the time the first act ended<br>her nervousness all did fade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was born for this and nothing else.<br>The stage became her throne.<br>For years she portrayed each heroine.<br>The world was all her own.<br>But some years later a younger one<br>was ready for her debut.<br>So she sadly stepped out of the limelight<br>and wondered 'Now what will I do? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edwina+Reizer">Edwina Reizer</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382761" data-title="The Actress de Edwina Reizer" data-description="Spellbound, she peeked beyond the curtain. The audience was full. She could not remember her opening lines and now there came a lull. The time had arrived for her grand debut. Where had her words all gone? She'd rehearsed them over and over again..."></div> </div> </div>

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