The light of day went out by Alexander Pushkin. Short summary

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The narrator is sailing on the ocean and sees his native land in the distance. He races the ship to take him to distant shores. The hero does not want to return to his homeland, where his heart has been betrayed by suffering.

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Sunset comes, a fog appears on the sea. Beneath the narrator, the sullen ocean waves. In the distance he notices the shore, which is the land of magical lands. The hero yearns and longs for it with excitement. Memories come flooding back to him, and his eyes fill with tears again.

The narrator recalls his formerly strong love and his own suffering. Everything that was dear to his heart, his desires and hopes are all left on that shore. He races the ship to take him to the distant
to the far reaches of the sea, only that it should not bring him back to his misty homeland. There his senses were first ignited by the flame of passion, and the muses smiled upon him secretly.

But joy betrayed the narrator, his heart was betrayed by suffering. He became a seeker of fresh impressions and fled his native land. The hero forgot his former cheating girlfriends, but nothing could heal his heart wounds.

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