SHE WALKS 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 SERENLY SWEET.

EXPRESS, HOW  PURE, HOW  DEAR  THEIR  DELLING- PLACE

AND ON  THAT  CHEEK, AND O'ER  THAT BROW

SO SOFT, SO  CALM, YET ELOQUENT.

THE SMILES  THAT  WIN, THE TINTS  THAT  GROW.

BUT  TELL OF DAYS IN GOODNESS SPENT.

A MIND AT  PEACE  WITH ALL BELOW.

A   HEART  WHERE   LOVE IS  INNOCENT