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.

About George Gordon, Lord Byron

Leading figure of the Romantic movement, celebrated for Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

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