歌詞
<她在美中行> ——She Walks in Beauty
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 ang 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 garace
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!
賞析
這是一首歌頌女性美的抒情詩，詩中的女性是詩人的表妹威爾莫特夫人（Mrs. Wilmot）。詩人在這一次的舞會上遇到這位穿著孝服的表妹時為其的美貌所傾倒，遂成此詩。詩人在詩中極盡讚美之能事，仰慕之情躍然筆端，尤其是詩中的一句“One shade the more, one ray the less/Had half impair'd the nameless garace”，頗有“增一分則太長，減一分則太短，著粉則太白，施朱則太赤”的神韻。在詩篇的末尾，詩人筆鋒一轉，由渲染外表的美麗轉向頌揚心靈美，由表及里，深化了主題。
