Vsjo v nej garmonija, vsjo divo,
vsjo vyshe mira i strastej, 
ona pokoitsja stydlivo
k rase torzhestvennoj svojej;
ona krugom sebja vzirajet:
jej net sopernic, net podrug;
[Krasavic nashikh]1 blednyj krug
v jejo sijan'e ischezajet.
Kuda by ty ni pospeshal,
khot' na ljubovnoje svidan'e,
kakoje b v serdce ni pital
ty sokrovennoje mechtan'e;
No, vstretjas' s nej, smushchennyj,
ty vdrug ostanovish'sja nevol'no,
blagogoveja bogomol'no
pered svjatynej krasoty.

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¹ Rimsky-Korsakov: "иных красавиц" ("inykh krasavic")

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• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

• by Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821 - 1898), "Всё в ней гармония, всё диво" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936), "Красавица", 1888? [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Красавица", op. 51 (5 романсов на слова Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (5 romansov na slova Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 4 (1897) [sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "The beauty", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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