HEBREW MELODIES.* [Byron never alludes to his share in these Melodies with complacency. Moore having, on one occasion, rallied him a little on the manner in which some of them had been set to music,- "Sunburn Nathan," he exclaims, "why do you always twit me with his Ebrew nasalities? Have I not told you it was all Kinnaird's doing, and my own exquisite facility of temper?"] (173) ADVERTISEMENT. THE subsequent poems were written at the request of my friend, the Hon. D. Kinnaird, for a Selection of Hebrew Melodies, and have been published with the music, arranged by Mr. Braham and Mr. Nathan. January, 1815. (175) HEBREW MELODIES. SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.* I. 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. II. One shade the more, one ray the less, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. * [These stanzas were written by Byron, on returning from a ball, where Lady Wilmot Horton had appeared in mourning with numerous spangles on her dress.] VOL. II. 12 (177) |