She Walks in Beauty

拜伦《希伯来诗篇》中名作，传说写于舞会初见身着黑衣的表妹。以夜喻美，明与暗在眉眼间交融，灵魂的安宁与爱的纯真皆映于容颜。三节短章，清丽如一幅素描。

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!