It lieth, gazing on the midnight sky,
Upon the cloudy mountain peak supine;
Below, far lands are seen tremblingly;
Its horror and its beauty are divine.
Upon its lips and eyelids seems to lie
Loveliness like a shadow, from which shrine,
Fiery and lurid, struggling underneath,
The picture actually is quite terrifying, what with the thrashing snakes, and strange creatures crawling about around it, but has a striking beauty that only Da Vinci can evoke.
On the Medusa of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Florentine Gallery - 114386