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.
Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "The Isle", written 1822 [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]
- by Percy Eastman Fletcher (1879 - 1932), "The Isle" [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "The Isle" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881 - 1916), "The Isle", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (John) Gerrard Williams (1888 - 1947), "The Isle" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "The Isle" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) ; composed by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière, Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov, Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandr Solomonovich Rapoport (1922 - 1979) , copyright © ; composed by Valentin Vasilovich Silvestrov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Ostrov"
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Line count: 11
Word count: 59
Byl ostrov malý v středu vln,
byl anemon a fial pln
jak mosaikou kryt;
za střechu listí měl s květy,
vše tkáno zefiru lety
kam slunce, bouř ni pršky
nevnikly stromoví vršky.
z nichž každý jak gemma ryt,
kol otočen mnohých vln sbory,
kterými dláždí mraky a hory
jezera modravou strž…
Confirmed with SHELLEY, P. B. Výbor lyriky, translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický, Praha: J. Otto, 1901, page 179.
Text Authorship:
- by Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853 - 1912), "Ostrov" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "The Isle", written 1822
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 51