From the French

From the French - meaning Summary

Vanity Versus Poetic Skill

This two-line epigram teases a woman named Aegle for prioritizing appearance over genuine poetic talent. Byron contrasts her ability to "make her own face" with her failure to "make her rhymes," implying artifice and vanity replace authentic creative work. The tone is witty and ironic, reducing a person to a clever moral observation about style versus substance in both personal presentation and poetry.