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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Благовест
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Среди дубравы
Блестит крестами
Храм пятиглавый
С колоколами.

Их звон призывный
Через могилы
Гудит так дивно
И так уныло!

К себе он тянет
Неодолимо,
Зовет и манит
Он в край родимый,

В край благодатный,
Забытый мною, —
И, непонятной
Томим тоскою,

Молюсь, и каюсь я,
И плачу снова,
И отрекаюсь я
От дела злого;

Далеко странствуя
Мечтой чудесною,
Через пространства я
Лечу небесные,

И сердце радостно
Дрожит и тает,
Пока звон благостный
Не замирает…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), "Благовест" [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 Matvei Ivanovich Bernard (1794 - 1871), "Благовест" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-05
Line count: 28
Word count: 74

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