Arts & Sciences
On the Bust of Helen by Canova
From Poems 1816–1823
Arts & Sciences
In this belovéd 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.
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Codex Note
November 23, 1816. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 61.
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MLA
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “On the Bust of Helen by Canova.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/191/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “On the Bust of Helen by Canova.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/191/.
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