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.

Translation(s): FRE GER GER GER GER ITA

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Authorship

• by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "She walks in beauty", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 1 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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 [
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• by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "She walks in beauty", op. 45 (Four Songs) no. 2. [
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• by Alva Henderson (b. 1940), "She walks in beauty" [
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• by Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "She walks in beauty", 1814, published 1815, from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 1. [
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• by Joel Weiss , "She walks in beauty", 1997. [voice and piano] [
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846) , title 1: "Sie geht in Schönheit", from Hebräische Gesänge, published 1820 ITA FRE by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Gildemeister (1823 - 1902) , title unknown ITA FRE by Ernst Hermann Meyer, Max Bruch.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870) , title 1: "Sie geht in Schönheit", from Hebräische Melodien, no. 1, published 1841 ITA FRE by Karl Müller, Max Seifriz.
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Other available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Ella incede in bellezza", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , title 1: "Elle marche pareille en beauté", from Mélodies hébraïques, no. 1
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "In Schönheit geht sie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sie geht in Schönheit

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.

Authorship

• by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846), "Sie geht in Schönheit", appears in Hebräische Gesänge, first published 1820 [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "She walks in beauty", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 1 FRE ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Jean Coulthard, Adolph Martin Foerster, Alva Henderson, Isaac Nathan, Joel Weiss. Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Sie geht in Schönheit", op. 5 no. 1 (1824). [
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Text added to the website: 2003-11-04.
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