Saturday, October 13, 2018

She walks in Beauty by Byron


  
SHE walks in beauty, like the night
  Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
  Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light         
  Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
  Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
  Or softly lightens o'er her face;  
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
  How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
  So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
  But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
  A heart whose love is innocent!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! this poem has potential. But Lord B had a poetic advantage speaking only in hyperbole. He selldom used the vernacular. I mean like the phrase "Meet in her aspect and her eyes..." None of the women I know have an "aspect" nowadays, though some have tatoos. Anyway I can polish this poem up for the Lord Byron, if he wishes, I mean wisheth.

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