美汇入她的举止，美溶进她的眼神；

 

美在乌黑的发际游弋，美在灿烂的脸上逡巡。

 

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．

 

By George Gordon

 

乔治•戈登•拜伦(George Gordon Byron 1788—1824)英国诗人。这首名诗是一篇至美的颂词。“她”的外表、举止直到内心都达到了美的极致。其实,这首诗本身的节奏、韵式以及语言的运用也可以说达到了美的极致。

 

完整版的本诗还包括下面的部分:

 

One shade more, one ray less,

 

Had half impaired 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!