浪漫詩人拜倫與其佳作欣賞

　　喬治．戈登．拜倫（George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824）出身貴族，英俊瀟灑，是英國最富盛名的詩人，其詩篇旨自然、富涵哲理，遣詞用字新穎高雅、毫無矯揉造作之氣，所謂神來之筆，不同凡響。

　　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.

　　One shade the more, one ray the 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.