 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.  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With Lifeby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1857 - 576 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...mermaid's song condoles, Singing glory to the souls Of the brave! T.Campbell. SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY. HE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes...and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. * 'Captain Riou, justly entitled "the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...at times to a transparent glow, As if her veins ran lightning. Ibid. i. 61: 45 BEAUTY.— continued. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes...that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. Byron, Hebrew Mel. There was a soft and pensive grace, A cast of thought upon her face, That suited... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1868 - 884 pages
...and Bailey was still the great magician's slave. So, as he looked into the grey eyes, he said, — " She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes...that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." He spoke the lines, not as most men quote poetry, as though fearing to be detected in an act of which... | |
 | Vaughan Morgan (novelist.) - 1868 - 380 pages
...and Bailey was still the great magician's slave. So, as he looked into the grey eyes, he said, — "She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless...that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." He spoke the lines, not as most men quote poetry, as though fearing to be detected in an act of which... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, 95 My bright and beauteous Bride. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. CLXXXVI SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY. She walks in beauty, like the...and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellowed to that tender light 5 Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1868 - 900 pages
...looked into the grey eyes, he said, — • " She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless dimes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and...that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." He spoke the lines, not as most men quote poetry, as though fearing to be detected in an act of which... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1868 - 884 pages
...grey eyes, he said, — " She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry sk1es ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her...that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." He spoke the lines, not as most men quote poetry, as though fearing to be detected in an act of which... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...given, With merry peals shall swell the breeze, And point with taper spire to heaven. S. Rogers. XLIL SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY. • SHE walks in beauty, like...starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...merry peals shall swell the breeze, And point with taper spire to heaven. S. Rogcrt. xtn. SHE WALES IN BEAUTY. SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of...starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 1869 - 480 pages
...has described voluptuous beauties with so much elegance." Then, quoting from ' Hebrew Melodies,' — SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY. She walks in beauty, like the...and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'il to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one raj' the less,... | |
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