Забавы юношеских лет, весёлы хороводы,
отчизны милый край моей и светлой Темзы воды,
покинуть вас внушил кто мне несчастное желанье?
Я всем пожертвовал тебе, сердец очарованье,
моя арфа!

Note: loosely based on the first stanza of Scott's poem.

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Text Authorship:

• by Konstantin Aleksandrovich Bakhturin (1809 - 1841) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in English by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "The harp", appears in Rokeby, Canto 5, no. XVIII, first published 1813
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Моя арфа", <<1824. [
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
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Word count: 28