She Works 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 mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired 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!
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Who wrote the poem "She Walks in Beauty"?
George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824)
George Gordon Byron, a.k.a. Lord Byron, was
an English poet and politician. He was one of the leading figures of Romantic
Movement (attempts to dispel the effects of scientific, rational trend and to
restore magic and wonder to the humanistic world) and often considered as one
of the greatest English poets. He travelled extensively across Europe, which
inspired most of his works. He fought in the Greek War of Independence against
the Ottoman Empire and was revered as a national hero by the Greeks. He died at
the age of 36 from a fever contracted during the war.
"She Walks in Beauty" explanation
In the poem, the speaker describes his awe
at a woman’s (almost divine) beauty. Byron was exiled from England due to
rumors about his scandalous affairs, including one with his half-sister,
Augusta Leigh. This poem was rumored to be an ode to her. Some scholars believe
that Byron wrote this poem after he met his cousin Mrs. John Wilmont at a
funeral.
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