English poem

On the Bust of Helen by Canova

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.

More by Lord Byron

On My Wedding-Day
On Napoleon's Escape From Elba
On Parting
On the Birth of John William Rizzo Hoppner
On the Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
On the Death of a Young Lady, Cousin to the Author, and Very Dear to Him
On the Death of Mr. Fox
On the Death of the Duke of Dorset

All 226 poems by Lord Byron