James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist
The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”
— George Gordon Byron, book Hebrew Melodies
She Walks in Beauty http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-SWB42.htm, st. 1. The subject of these lines was Mrs. R. Wilmot.—Berry Memoirs, vol. iii. p. 7. <br class="br">Hebrew Melodies (1815)
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George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Stanza 45.
Beppo (1818)
“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.”
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist
The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1 (1917).
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Summer's Call. Compare: "I heard the trailing garments of the Night / Sweep through her marble halls", Longfellow.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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A Death-Bed, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: Thomas Hood, The Death Bed, p. 591; Phoebe Cary, The Wife, p. 171.
Roy Turk (1892–1934) American songwriter
Song Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) http://www.lyrics007.com/Bing%20Crosby%20Lyrics/Where%20The%20Blue%20Of%20The%20Night%20Meets%20The%20Gold%20Of%20The%20Day%20Lyrics.html
