Saby O' She Walks In Beauty (with credits)

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Video: Ludwig Schmutzler / http://www.studiolud.de
Make up & Accessoires: Enna Miau / http://ennamiau.de
Beautiful Lady: Julia Döring
Old Book: Dresdener Antiquariat
Music: Saby O'
Arrangements: Christian Reddeker
Lyrics: Lord Byron (George Gordon)

It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron's life; while at a ball, Byron met his cousin by marriage through Robert Wilmot, Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmot. She was in mourning, wearing a black dress set with spangles, as in the opening lines; “ She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ” He was struck by her unusual beauty, and the next morning the poem was written:

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!