There was a little lawny islet By anemone and violet, Like mosaic paven: And its roof was flowers and leaves Which the summer's breath enweaves, Where nor sun nor showers nor breeze Pierce the pines and tallest trees, Each a gem engraves; - Girt by many an azure wave With which the clouds and mountains pave A lake's blue chasm.
Authorship
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "The isle" [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 John Axel Fernström (1897 - 1961), "The isle", op. 62 no. 3 (1942) [ coloratura soprano and string quintet or orchestra ], from Songs of the Sea, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) ; composed by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov, Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
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- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Ostrov"
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 11
Word count: 60
Iz morya smotrit ostrovok, Ego zeleny'e uklony' Ukrasil trav gusty'x venok, Fialki, anemony'. Nad nim spletayutsya listy', Vokrug nego chut` pleshhut volny'. Derev`ya grustny', kak mechty', Kak statui, bezmolvny'. Zdes` ele dy'shit veterok, Syuda groza ne [doletaet]1, I bezmyatezhny'j ostrovok Vsyo dremlet, zasy'paet.
1 Taneyev: "залетает" ("zaletajet")
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Authorship
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "The isle"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Островок", op. 14 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 2 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Островок", op. 17 no. 1, published 1947 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Het kleine eiland", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 44