Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET, TO GENEVRA, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON


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First Line: Thine eyes' blue tenderness, thy long fair hair
Last Line: With nought remorse can claim -- nor virtue scorn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Beauty


THINE eyes' blue tenderness, thy long fair hair,
And the wan lustre of thy features -- caught
From contemplation -- where serenely wrought,
Seems Sorrow's softness charm'd from its despair --
Have thrown such speaking sadness in thine air,
That -- but I know thy blessed bosom fraught
With mines of unalloy'd and stainless thought --
I should have deem'd thee doom'd to earthly care.
With such an aspect, by his colours blent,
When from his beauty-breathing pencil born
(Except that thou hast nothing to repent),
The Magdalen of Guido saw the morn --
Such seem'st thou -- but how much more excellent!
With nought Remorse can claim -- nor Virtue scorn.





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