英文賞析:
According to his friend,James W.Webster,“I did take him to Lady Sitwell’s party in Seymour Road.He there for the first time saw his cousin,the beautiful Mrs.Wilmot.When we returned to his rooms in Albany,he said little,but desired Fletcher to give him a tumbler of brandy,which he drank at once to Mrs.Wilmot’s health,then retired to rest,and was,I heard afterwards,in a sad state all night.The next day he wrote those charming lines upon her—She walks in Beauty like the Night…”
附寫(xiě)作背景:
In June,1814,several months before he met and married his first wife,Anna Milbanke,Lord Byron attended a party at Lady Sitwell’s.While at the party,Lord Byron was inspired by the sight of his cousin,the beautiful Mrs.Wilmot,who was wearing a black spangled mourning dress.Lord Byron was struck by his cousin’s dark hair and fair face,the mingling of various lights and shades.This became the essence of his poem about her.