The poem 'She Walks in Beauty' was inspired by Byron seeing whom at a ball?
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Correct answer: His cousin by marriage, Mrs. Wilmot
Byron wrote the poem after seeing Mrs. Wilmot in a mourning dress spangled with silver sequins. The poem famously contrasts the 'dark and bright' aspects of her beauty and her 'mind at peace'.
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