The isle

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.

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 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.

by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Ostrovok", op. 14 no. 2 (1896).
by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) , "Ostrovok", op. 17 no. 1, published 1947.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-11.

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Ostrovok

 Iz morja smotrit ostrovok,
 Jego zelenyje uklony
 Ukrasil trav gustykh venok,
 Fialki, anemony.
 Nad nim spletajutsja listy,
 Vokrug nego chut' pleshchut volny.
 Derev'ja grustny, kak mechty,
 Kak statuji, bezmolvny.
 Zdes' jele dyshit veterok,
 Sjuda groza ne [doletajet]1,
 I bezmjatezhnyj ostrovok
 Vsjo dremlet, zasypajet.

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Note on Transliteration

by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867-1942)

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) , "Ostrovok", op. 14 no. 2 (1896).
by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) , "Ostrovok", op. 17 no. 1, published 1947.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-11.