Tol'ko stanet smerkat'sja nemnozhko,
Budu zhdat', ne drognet li zvonok,
Prikhodi, moja milaja kroshka,
Prikhodi posidet' vecherok. 

Potushu pered zerkalom svechi, --
[Ot kamina svetlo i teplo;]1
Stanu slushat' veselye rechi,
[Chtoby vnov' na dushe otleglo]2. 

Stanu slushat' te detskije grjozy,
Dlja kotorykh - vsjo blesk vperedi;
Kazhdyj raz blagodarnye sljozy
U menja zakipajut v grudi. 

Do zari ostorozhnoj rukoju
Vnov' platok tvoj uzlom zavjazhu,
I vdol' sten, ozarennykh lunoju,
Ja tebja do vorot provozhu.

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¹ Bulakhov: "Я камин растоплю добела."
² Bulakhov: "Без которых мне жизнь не мила"

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• by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title, first published 1856? [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 Pavel Petrovich Bulakhov (1824 - 1875), "Крошка" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "Только станет смеркаться немножко", op. 9 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Романсов на стихотворения А. Фета, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Только станет смеркаться немножко", op. 56 (Четыре романса) no. 2 (1893), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

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