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Poem by George Gordon Byron


On the Bust of Helen by Canova


In this beloved marble view,
Above the works and thoughts of man,
What Nature could, but would not, do,
And Beauty and Canova can!
Beyond imagination's power,
Beyond the Bard's defeated art,
With immortality her dower,
Behold the Helen of the heart! 

1816

George Gordon Byron


George Gordon Byron's other poems:
  1. Churchill’s Grave
  2. Epitaph
  3. On a Change of Masters at a Great Public School
  4. Lines Addressed to a Young Lady
  5. To the Earl of Clare


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