The Works of the Right Hon Lord Byron Author:Baron George Gordon Byron Byron General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1813 Original Publisher: John Murray Subjects: Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR repr... more »int of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: HEBREW MELODIES. 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. II. 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. III. 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! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT. THE HARP THE MONARCH MlNSTREt SWEtT, The King of men, the loved of Heaven, Which Music hallowed while she wept O'er tones her heart of hearts had given, Redoubled be her tears, its chords are riven! It softened men of iron mould, It gave them virtues not their own; No ear so dull, no soul so cold, That felt not, fired not to the tone, Till David's Lyre grew mightier than his throne! It told the triumphs of our King, It wafted glory to our God; It made our gladdened vallies ring, The cedars bow, the mountains nod; Its sound aspired to Heaven and there abode! Since then, though heard on earth no more, De...« less