Σε θυμάμαι, Lord Byron

She walks in beauty

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!


Hoy hace 185 años que murió Lord Byron, así que para homenajearlo, enciendan un pitillo tras otro, como harían si fuesen griegos, y escuchen estos dos audios. En el primero, es Eric Portman quien recita She walks in beauty. En el segundo, la voz es la de Peter O'Toole, en el telefilme Rogue Male, basado en la misma novela en la que se basa El hombre atrapado, de Fritz Lang.