<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=464731" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Balcony</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A STREET at night, a silent square <br> That mirth forbids; <br>Whose windows, with drawn lips and narrowed lids, <br> Resent the intruder's stare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where winds are cautious in their play, <br> Where only steals <br>Some meager brougham on its muffled wheels <br> Before the portals grey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But suddenly a window swings, <br> A hand is laid <br>For one white moment on the balustrade, <br> And benediction brings.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I linger . . . but, O influence malign <br> I watch a snail <br>Crawl casually along the painted rail, <br> Where I had built a shrine!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Muriel+Stuart">Muriel Stuart</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=464731" data-title="The Balcony de Muriel Stuart" data-description="A STREET at night, a silent square That mirth forbids; Whose windows, with drawn lips and narrowed lids, Resent the intruder's stare. Where winds are cautious in their play, Where only steals Some meager brougham on its muffled wheels B..."></div> </div> </div>

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