В крови горит огонь желанья

В крови горит огонь желанья, 
Душа тобой уязвлена;
Лобзай меня, твои любзанья
Мне слаще мирра и вина.

Склонись ко мне главою нежной
И да почию безмятежный,
Пока дохнёт весёлый день
И двигнется ночная тень.

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Authorship

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1825 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "В крови горит" [
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• by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936), "Восточный романс", op. 27 (Две песни на слова А. Пушкина (Dve pesni na slova A. Pushkina)) no. 2. [
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• by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "В крови горит огонь желанья" [
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