Сегодня мы снова читаем Байрона. Прекрасные порывы юности, честолюбивые мечты, глубокие чувства невозможно заново пережить, лишь захотев этого. Но не время как таковое делает нас пустыми наблюдателями, для которых яркие впечатления недосягаемы, как звёзды, а надежда найти эти моменты полноты существования в точности там, где остались лица и предметы, однажды
сопровождавшие их. «Оставь надежду, всяк сюда входящий» - вот дельное напутствие.
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Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star!
Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far,
That show’st the darkness thou canst not dispel,
How like art thou to joy remember’d well!
So gleams the past, the light of other days,
Which shines, but warms not with its powerless rays;
A night-beam Sorrow watcheth to behold,
Distinct but distant - clear - but, oh how cold!
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dispel: (dispelling, dispelled) - to make sth disappear; to remove sth from sb’s mind: His reassuring words dispelled all her fears
ray: - a line of light, heat or energy: A single ray of light came through a hole in the roof. The rays of the sun.
(IDIOM) a ray of hope a small chance that things will get better
distinct: 1 clear, easily seen,
heard or understood: There has been a distinct improvement in your work recently. I had the distinct impression that she was lying.2distinct
(from sth) clearly different: Her books fall into two distinct
groups: the novels and the travel stories. This region, as distinct from other part of the country, relies heavily on tourism.
distinctly: 1 clearly: I distinctly heard her say that she would be here on time. 2 very; particularly: His behaviour has been distinctly odd recently.
distant: 1 a long way away in space or time: travel to distant parts of the world. In the not-too-distant future (=quite soon) 2 (used about a relative) not closely related: a distant cousin3 not very friendly: He has a rather distant manner and it’s hard to get to know him well.4 seeming to be thinking about sth else: She had a distant look in her eyes and clearly wasn’t listening to me.
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(George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, 1788 - 1824)
