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Hebrew Melodies — She Walks in Beauty Quotes by Lord Byron: Context & Meanings

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“She walks in beauty, like the night.”

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Byron begins with a comparison that makes beauty a balance of light and darkness rather than a catalog of physical features.

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“She Walks in Beauty,” first stanza, in Hebrew Melodies.