by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
К портрету старого гусара
Language: Russian (Русский)
Смотрите, как летит, отвагою пылая... Порой обманчива бывает седина: Так мхом покрытая бутылка вековая Хранит струю кипучего вина.
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- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "К портрету старого гусара", written 1838 [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 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872 - 1956), "К портрету старого гусара" [sung text not yet checked]
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