Welcome to the most special room in my
World of Victoriana. Here in the Parlour you will find web pages
of things that are special to me...the artwork used for the designs and the
poems used on the pages. I hope that some of them may mean something
special to you as well.
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She Walks In Beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes an 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!
