This Alfred Noyes narrative poem tells of a mounted robber and Bess, the landlord's daughter.

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Noyes's Highwayman tells a tragic romance on a moonlit road, ending in the deaths of both lovers. Source: The Highwayman (poem) ↗

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47A woman in mourning clothes inspired this Byron poem's meditation on beauty.RECALL
She Walks in Beauty
Byron's She Walks in Beauty was inspired by his cousin, whom he saw at a party dressed in mourning black.
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48This poet wrote She Walks in Beauty.RECALL
Lord Byron
Byron's She Walks in Beauty was inspired by his cousin, whom he saw at a party dressed in mourning black.
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01Shelley contrasts a ruined monument with a ruler's boast of enduring greatness in this poem.RECALL
Ozymandias
Shelley's Ozymandias reflects on a decayed ruler's monument, ironically boasting of works long since crumbled.
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