She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

A recital of "She Walks in Beauty", a poem by George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788 - 1824). Lord Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in Romanticism, also famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and persona. This poem was written in 1814. It is not necessarily a love poem, but more of a celebration of the subject's beauty.

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 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.

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• Poetry
• Lord
• Byron
• She
• Walks
• in
• Beauty
• recital

[collagegirl62]

Please recite more:o)!

[USERNAMEDSOBER]

Please recite more. Thank you.

[byronlegend]

Beautifull read, a great voice and great delivery.

thank you.

[muzzleray]

Best so far

[RY365]

Yeah that was really nice. Until you skipped a line. line 14: So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

So it actually says

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,

So soft, so clam, yet eloquent,

The smile 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

But you should do more, you do it very well and I thought it was a little funny. Cheers!!

[starleto4ka]

fantastically!!

[cseplevaroslad]

"A heart, whose love

Is Innocent."

Beautiful ! Thank you!

[smilenoodles]

Beautiful voice, but yes, word order not perfect...please read again! Please!

SUCH a good voice!

[AdamSandell]

I really like the changes and think they are a most valid interpretation, some of the original lines are great, but there are points of incoherence for audio delivery - probably because he had drunk too much brandy and could not quite keep perfection together when he wrote the blighter, no doubt better than the orignal in the context of YouTube

[jeremylhay]

He fucked up the words thoroughly. Great voice, Horrid goddamned reading.