George Gordon: "She Walks in beauty"

In the first two stanzas, Gordon paints an imagery of lightness and darkness in the lady.  And all  "that's best of dark and bright" (line 3) and "one shade the more, one ray the less" (line 7).  These two lines describes the beauty of the lady in both dark and bright.  Most importantly, Gordon is explaining that her beauty is present in her perfections and flaws which is different then just physical beauty.  In the last stanza, Gordon describes her physical beauty, "cheek, and o'er that brow, so soft, so calm, yet eloquent, the smiles that win, the tints that glow...." (lines 14-15).  This of course is a plus for most men, but Gordon ends this poem with these words, "A heart whose love is innocent!"  This final line expresses that the lady's inner love that she has from her heart (for others and for herself) is the most important thing about her beauty.  Gordon is pointing out that inner beauty from the heart is more important than physical beauty.