Than oft in hall or bower is seen,

And with a browner hue than seems

To pale maid fair, or lights her dreams,

He yet revealed a symmetry

Had charmed the Grecian sculptor’s eye,

A massive brow, a kindled face,

Limbs chiselled to a faultless grace,

Beauty and strength in every feature,

While in his eyes there lived the light

Of a great soul’s transcendant might⁠—