when did lord byron write she walks in beauty
in 1813
title: She Walks in Beauty text: She Walks in Beauty "She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1813 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron's life; while at a ball, Byron saw Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmot, the wife of his cousin, Robert Wilmot. He was struck by her unusual beauty, and the next morning the poem was written. It is thought that she was the first inspiration for his unfinished epic poem about Goethe, a personal hero of his. In this unpublished work, title: She Walks in Beauty text: which Byron referred to in his letters as his magnum opus, he switches the gender of Goethe and gives him the same description of his cousin. The first two verses are cited in the novel "The Philadelphian" by Richard P. Powell. The beginning of the poem is quoted by a character in "Arcadia", one of the major plays of "Tom Stoppard". The poem is also referenced in a "House of Night" book, where 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. The poem has inspired title: She Walks in Beauty text: various composers over time, including Roger Quilter, Gerald Finzi, Jean Coulthard, Isaac Nathan, Nicolas Flagello, Connor J. Koppin and Chanticleer Men's Chorus Conductor/Composer Eric Barnum. The first line of British rock band Suede's song "Heroine" is "She walks in beauty, like the night." The first four lines of the poem are recited by Major Charles Winchester, played by David Ogden Stiers, in the 1979 "M*A*S*H" episode "Ain't Love Grand". Also in an episode of "The Cosby Show" when mother, Clair Huxtable recites the poem to her former professor of Hillman College. Part of the poem is recited by Cleaver Greene, title: She Walks in Beauty text: played by Richard Roxburgh, to his son, Finnegan "Fuzz" Greene, played by Keegan Joyce, in the initial episode (2010) of the Australian television series "Rake". Neal Caffrey, played by Matt Bomer, recites much of the poem in the White Collar episode "Upper West Side Story" (S3E12) while pretending to be a substitute teacher at an elite prep school under investigation by the FBI. She Walks in Beauty "She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1813 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. It is said to have been inspired title: Lord Byron text: of Regency London. He was sought after at every society venue, elected to several exclusive clubs, and frequented the most fashionable London drawing-rooms." During this period in England he produced many works including "The Giaour, The Bride of Abydos" (1813), "Parisina" and "The Siege of Corinth" (1815). On the initiative of the composer Isaac Nathan he produced in 1814-1815 the "Hebrew Melodies" (including what became some of his best-known lyrics such as "She Walks in Beauty" and "The Destruction of Sennacherib"). Involved at first in an affair with Lady Caroline Lamb (who called him "mad, bad and dangerous to know")