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She walks in beauty, like the night

Author: George Gordon Byron Year: 1815 Length: 441 characters Difficulty: medium Public domain

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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. II. 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.

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Byron wrote this lyric for Hebrew Melodies, published in 1815 with musical settings by Isaac Nathan. The poems were meant to be sung, which explains the short regular stanzas. The section numbers printed between the stanzas belong to that first edition. Wikisource carries the 1815 text.

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Byron wrote this lyric for Hebrew Melodies, published in 1815 with musical settings by Isaac Nathan. The poems were meant to be sung, which explains the short regular stanzas. The section numbers printed between the stanzas belong to that first edition. Wikisource carries the 1815 text.

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