Broadway

This is the quiet hour; the theaters

Have gathered in their crowds, and steadily

The million lights blaze on for few to see,

Robbing the sky of stars that should be hers.

A woman waits with bag and shabby furs,

A somber man drifts by, and only we

Pass up the street unwearied, warm and free,

For over us the olden magic stirs.

Beneath the liquid splendor of the lights

We live a little ere the charm is spent;

This night is ours, of all the golden nights,

The pavement an enchanted palace floor,

And Youth the player on the viol, who sent

A strain of music through an open door.