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George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron

She walks in Beauty

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!

About the poet

George Gordon Byron, Lord ByronGeorge Gordon Byron, Lord Byron
1788-1824

 
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Lord Byron at amazon.co.uk

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