她在美中行

<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!

赏析：

这是一首歌颂女性美的抒情诗，诗中的女性是诗人的表妹威尔莫特夫人（Mrs. Wilmot）。诗人在这一次的舞会上遇到这位穿着孝服的表妹时为其的美貌所倾倒，遂成此诗。诗人在诗中极尽赞美之能事，仰慕之情跃然笔端，尤其是诗中的一句“One shade the more, one ray the less/Had half impair'd the nameless garace”，颇有“增一分则太长，减一分则太短，着粉则太白，施朱则太赤”的神韵。在诗篇的末尾，诗人笔锋一转，由渲染外表的美丽转向颂扬心灵美，由表及里，深化了主题。