Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"She Walks in Beauty\" is a poem written in 1813 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. It was one of several poems to be set to Jewish tunes from the synagogue by Isaac Nathan, which were published as Hebrew Melodies in 1815.It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron’s life; while at a ball, Byron met Mrs. John Wilmot, his cousin by marriage. She was in mourning, wearing a black dress set with spangles, as in the opening lines; He was struck by her unusual beauty, and the next morning the poem was written.The first two verses are cited in the novel The Philadelphian by Richard P. Powell.Nathan, in his reminiscences of Byron, suggests (without any justification) that the subject of the poem may have been Byron's half-sister, Augusta Leigh."@en }
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- She_Walks_in_Beauty abstract "\"She Walks in Beauty\" is a poem written in 1813 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. It was one of several poems to be set to Jewish tunes from the synagogue by Isaac Nathan, which were published as Hebrew Melodies in 1815.It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron’s life; while at a ball, Byron met Mrs. John Wilmot, his cousin by marriage. She was in mourning, wearing a black dress set with spangles, as in the opening lines; He was struck by her unusual beauty, and the next morning the poem was written.The first two verses are cited in the novel The Philadelphian by Richard P. Powell.Nathan, in his reminiscences of Byron, suggests (without any justification) that the subject of the poem may have been Byron's half-sister, Augusta Leigh.".