Frank Muir Quote

Broadbosomed, bold, becalm'd, benign
Lies Balham foursquare on the Northern Line.
Matched by no marvel save in Eastern scene,
A rose-red city half as gold as green.


'Balham—Gateway to the South' Third Division (BBC Third Programme, 1948); Nigel Rees (ed.) Cassell Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1999)


Broadbosomed, bold, becalm'd, benign Lies Balham foursquare on the Northern Line. Matched by no marvel save in Eastern scene, A rose-red city half as ...

Broadbosomed, bold, becalm'd, benign Lies Balham foursquare on the Northern Line. Matched by no marvel save in Eastern scene, A rose-red city half as ...

Broadbosomed, bold, becalm'd, benign Lies Balham foursquare on the Northern Line. Matched by no marvel save in Eastern scene, A rose-red city half as ...

Broadbosomed, bold, becalm'd, benign Lies Balham foursquare on the Northern Line. Matched by no marvel save in Eastern scene, A rose-red city half as ...