She walks in beauty
Language: English
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.
Translation(s): FRE GER GER GER GER ITA
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Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "She walks in beauty", 1991 [voice and piano], from Two Byron Songs, no. 1, note: this is circulated as a set, but was not written that way [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "She walks in beauty", op. 45 (Four Songs) no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alva Henderson (b. 1940), "She walks in beauty" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "She walks in beauty", 1814, published 1815, from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joel Weiss , "She walks in beauty ", 1997 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846) , "Sie geht in Schönheit", appears in Hebräische Gesänge, first published 1820 FRE ITA ; composed by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Gildemeister (1823 - 1902) FRE ITA ; composed by Max Bruch, Ernst Hermann Meyer.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870) , "Sie geht in Schönheit", appears in Hebräische Melodien, no. 1, first published 1841 FRE ITA ; composed by Karl Müller, Max Seifriz.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "Elle marche pareille en beauté", appears in Mélodies hébraïques, no. 1
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "In Schönheit geht sie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ella incede in bellezza", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Sie geht in Schönheit
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Sie geht in Schönheit, und entzücket,
Wie Nachts ein heitres Sternenlicht.
Der Schatten und das Helle schmücket
Vereint ihr Aug' und Angesicht,
Woraus ein milder Schimmer blicket,
Der dem prunkvollen Tag gebricht.
Nichts darf vom Licht, vom Schatten schwinden,
Dahin würd' auch die Anmuth seyn,
Die webt in ihres Haars Gewinden,
Die leuchtet in der Stirne Schein,
Wo die Gedanken sanft verkünden
Es sey ihr Wohnsitz hold und rein.
Der milde Reiz, der ihr beschieden,
Das Lächeln, das sich ihm gesellt,
Es spricht, daß in der Unschuld Frieden,
In Eintracht mit der ganzen Welt,
Das Leben ihr verfließt hienieden,
Daß reine Lieb' ihr nur gefällt.
Confirmed with Franz Theremin, Hebräische Gesänge aus dem Englischen des Lord Byron, Berlin: Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, 1820, pages 3 and 5.
Submitted by John H. Campbell and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Authorship
Based on
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Text added to the website: 2003-11-04 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2015-10-13 11:13:08
Line count: 18
Word count: 105
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