by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Tochno prizrak umirajushij
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tochno prizrak umirajushij, Na stepi kovyl' kachajetsja, Smotrit mesjac dogorajushij, Beloj tuchkoj omrachajetsja. I bluzhdajut teni smutnye Po prostranstvu neogljadnomu, I neprochnye, minutnye, Chto-to shepchut vetru zhadnomu. I mercanije mel'knuvsheje Ischezajet za tumanami, Utonuvsheje minuvsheje Voznikajet nad kurganami. Mesjac merknet, omrachajetsja, Dogorajushij i tajushij, I, drozha, kovyl' kachajetsja, Tochno prizrak umirajushij.
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- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Ковыль", appears in В безбрежности (V bezbrezhnosti), in 2. За пределы (Za predely), no. 11 [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Ковыль" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Точно призрак умирающий", op. 52 (Двенадцать романсов (Dvenadcat' romansov) = Twelve Romances) no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "Ковыль" [sung text not yet checked]
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