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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Mary) Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus (1848 - 1912), "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Eight Songs [later reissued as Eight Songs from Poems by Heine], no. 1, London, R. Cocks, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 4 (Drei Gesänge für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Ansorge (1862 - 1940), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ high voice and piano ], Breslau, Becher [sung text not yet checked]
• by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 14 (6 deutsche Lieder) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emil Bezecný (1868 - 1904), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 2 (Lieder und Balladen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. von Biegeleben , "Wechselsehnsucht", published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Albrecht Blumenstengel (1835 - 1895), "Ein Fichtenbaumsteht einsam", op. 15 no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 41 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 1, published 1874 [ bass and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Stephanie Brand-Vrabely, Gräfin Wurmbrand (1849 - 1919), "Der Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 28 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830 - 1894), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder nach Texten verschiedener Dichter) no. 3 (1906-8) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Dakon , "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1977 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Luisa Erdődy, née Drasche-Wartimberg, Countess , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam " [ voice and piano ], from [23] Lieder und Gesänge, no. 19, Hainauer ; Wetzler ; as Luisa Lios [sung text not yet checked]
• by Kaeza Fearn , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam ", published 2006 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 67 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 57 (Six Songs) no. 2 (1909) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 16 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Geisler (1856 - 1919), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 1 no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. 1. Folge. Zwölf Dichtungen von Heine und Rückert, no. 4, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eugen Grünberg (1854 - 1928), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam" [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], from Sechs Duette, no. 1, Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 28 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1879 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam ", op. 103 (Drei Chorgesänge für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1869 [ SA chorus and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Konrad Heubner (1860 - 1905), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 90 (10 Gesänge für zwei Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 9, published 1862 [ vocal duet with piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Hoppe (1869 - 1933), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mittleren Umfanges mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Huth (1810 - 1859), "Traum", op. 11 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Katzenberger , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 10 ([Vier] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mariya P. Kavelina , "Ein Fichtenbaum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 16 no. 1, published 1923 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Guy de Kervéguen, Vicomte (1857 - 1896), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1882, from Trois Lieder : sur des poésies de H. Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. Krupka , "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Strassburg, Schiedmayer & Co.  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Samuel de Lange (1840 - 1911), "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Cohen  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Ein Fichtenbaum" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 2, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", S. 309, published 1860 [sung text not yet checked]
• by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 1908, published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.17 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl (or Karl) Matys (1835 - 1908), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 27 (Neun Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 12 (Drei Gedichte von Heine = Три стихотворения Гейне (3 stikhotvorenija Geine)) no. 2 (1907), published 1907 [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Carl Mühldorfer (1836 - 1919), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 48 (Sechs Gesänge für drei Frauenstimme) no. 5, published 1879 [ vocal trio for 2 sopranos and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 1884-6? [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Pohl (1826 - 1896), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", published 1888 [ contralto or bass and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Ca. oder B. mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 4 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1867 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ekkehard Reuter , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin: Sulzbach  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Rosenmeyer , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Ein Fichtenbaum", op. 62 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1861) [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam ", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Samson , "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft I, no. 1, Dresden, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 8 (Drei Lieder von H. Heine für Männerquartett) no. 1, published 1873 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Königsberg i/Pr., Jakubowski [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oliver P. H. Smith , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Stehle , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 17 no. 3 (1890) [ voice and piano ], from Junge Liebe : sångcykel, no. 6, from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Klassiker (Heft I of 24 Lieder), no. 3, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor von Styrcea , "Der Fichtenbaum", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine'€™s Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Fichtenbaum und Palme", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1869?) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Waldemar , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 70 no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Das Liedchen vom Scheiden. Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 4, Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Ein Fichtenbaum (A spruce-tree)", published 1909, from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joel Weiss , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Moritz Weyermann (1832 - 1888), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 1 (10 Gesänge für hohe Stimme) no. 2, published 1866 [ high voice and piano ], Elberfeld, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich von Wickede (1834 - 1904), "Der Fichtenbaum", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Schlüter [sung text not yet checked]
• by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte und V. resp. Vcello. ) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice, piano, and cello ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 49 (Sieben fünfstimmige Chorgesänge) no. 4, published 1886 [ STTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) , "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 67, first published 1887 ; composed by Frances Allitsen, née Bumpus, John Joseph Becker.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Sidney Lanier (1842 - 1881) , "The Palm and the Pine" ; composed by Richard Stöhr.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 28 ; composed by Maurice Delage.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923) ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• Also set in Norwegian (Bokmål), a translation by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924) , "På Norges nøgne fjelde" ; composed by Edvard Grieg.
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• Also set in Norwegian (Bokmål), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Iver Holter.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841) , "Сосна", written 1841 ; composed by Grigory Alekseyevich Alchevsky, Dimitri Ignatevich Arakishvili, Aleksandr Andreyevich Arkhangelsky, Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev, Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Valerian Mikhailovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Aleksandr Adolfovich Borkhman, Nikolay Petrovich Bryansky, Sergey Illiarionovich Bulatov, Georgy Zakharovich Burshtein, Sofya Nikolayevna Chicherina, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, Karl Yulyevich Davidov, Anton Antonovich Derfeldt, Erazm Rafal Dłuski, Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev, Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike, Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer, Mark Veniaminovich Karminsky, Pavel Aleksandrovich Kavelin, Raphael von Koeber, as Рафаэль фон Кёбер, Alexander Aleksandrovich Kopylov, Dmitry Gavrilovich Kornilov, Albert Semyonovich Leman, Zara Aleksandrovna Levina, Nikita Loginovich Linev, Gavriil Yakimovich Lomakin, Pavel Semyonovich Makarov, Vladimir Alekseyevich Maklakov, E. M. Mandel'shtam, V. Mandel'shtam, I. Marenich, Arkady Nikolayevich Mazayev, Mark Naumovich Meychik, Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov, Tatyana Petrovna Nikolayeva, Olga Vasilyevna Nikolskaya, Sergey Yevgenevich Novikov, Mikhail Nikolayevich Ofrosimov, Semyon Viktorovich Panchenko, Kristian Genrikh Paufler, Sergey Vladimirovich Protopopov, Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov, Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze, Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Shaverzashvili, Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov, Dmitry Fyodorovich Tarkhov, Dmitry Alekseyevich Tolstoy, Yury Pavlovich Yefimov, Nina Zavarskaya, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ziring.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, written 1845/56 ; composed by Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksei Ivanovich Mashistov ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) , no title ; composed by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník.
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• Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Maksim Antonivich Slavinsky (1868? - 1945?) ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A spruce-tree stands alone", copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "A fir-tree standing lonesome", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
• ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Song", appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
• ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In northern land a pine-tree"
• ESP Esperanto (Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof) , "En nord' unu pino"
• FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 33, first published 1827
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sta un abete solitario", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• RUS Russian (Русский) (Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov) , no title, appears in Роман в пяти стихотворениях = Roman v pjati stikhotvorenijakh (A novel in five poems), no. 1 [an adaptation]

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