She walks in beauty (Byron, set by A. Foerster, I. Nathan) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


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.
 
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.

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.

Authorship

George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Hebrew Melodies

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Adolph Martin Foerster (1854-1927)

Four Songs

Isaac Nathan (1790-1864)

A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I

Set in German, a translation of Franz Theremin (1780-1846) ITA GER

Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869)

Set in German, a translation of Otto Gildemeister (1823-1902) ITA GER

Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Hebräische Gesänge

Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905-1988)

Set in German, a translation of Adolf Böttger (1815-1870) ITA GER

Karl Müller

Hebräische Melodien

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ITA

Italian

Date added to the website: 2003-11-04.

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