What Beauty Is

What beauty is (to the geometrist), is the shape of the Golden Ratio! Beauty is courage, the defiant fist of a protector fear can't overthrow; beauty, likewise, is a prince's sworn vow, to defend his city, child, and ladylover; what beauty is, is the King, who can show Paris forgiveness (for treason discover'd); beauty, as well, is Hector's fame recover'd (after the legend of Troy had been lost): beauty, in essence, is a sin cover'd, and paid for, by his giv'n blood (as the due cost). The golden ratio of Helen's perfect face, at any rate, was the fall of the Trojan race.