George Gordon Byron also known as Lord Byron was an accomplished English poet of the 19th century. One of his biographers describes him as "a mystery in a winding sheet crowned with a halo". He was an observer and it is said that this poem was written when he observed a beautiful woman while attending a meet. we do not know for sure whether he was able to convey to her his feelings but of course the beauty of the poem lies in its juxtaposition of the the inner beauty and its outer reflection.