Speaking of the Romantics

     One of my favorite poems was written by Lord Byron. If you don't know, Byron was one of the Romantic poets, and though this poem is a romantic poem, the term refers to the era in which it was written. Other poets of the Romantic era include Keats, Shelley, Coleridge, Blake, and Wordsworth. Wordsworth wrote his entire autobiography in verse. Personally, I think he can go stuff himself.

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         5
  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;  10
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,  15
  But tell of days in goodness spent, 
A mind at peace with all below, 
  A heart whose love is innocent!

-Byron