Specimens of the Russian poets, vol. 1 (of 2)
by John Bowring
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About this eBook
- Translator
- Bowring, John, 1792-1872
- Original Publication
- London: R. and A. Taylor, 1821, pubdate 1823.
- Credits
- Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
- Subject
- Poets, Russian
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78744
- Release Date
- May 24, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.SPECIMENS OF THE RUSSIAN POETS :
- 3.Untitled
- 4.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 6.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.Derzhavin. — GOD [1] . — ON THE DEATH OF MESHCHERSKY. — THE WATERFALL. — THE LORD AND THE JUDGE [15] . — ON THE DEATH OF COUNT ORLOV. — SONG. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.Batiushkov. — TO MY PENATES. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.Lomonosov. — EVENING REFLECTIONS, ON THE MAJESTY OF GOD, ON SEEING THE GREAT NORTHERN LIGHTS.
- 10.Zhukovsky. — THE MARINER. — ÆOLUS’S HARP [1] . — SONG. — ROMANCE. — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.Karamsin. — THE SONG OF BORNHOLM. — THE CHURCH-YARD. — AUTUMN. — LILEA. — EPIGRAM.
- 12.Dmitriev. — DURING A THUNDER-STORM. — THE TZAR AND THE TWO SHEPHERDS. — THE BROKEN FIDDLE. — OVER THE GRAVE OF BOGDANOVICH, AUTHOR OF THE BEAUTIFUL POEM PSYCHE. — LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.Krĭlov. — THE ASS AND THE NIGHTINGALE [1] . — THE SWAN, THE PIKE, AND THE CRAB. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.Khemnitzer. — THE HOUSE-BUILDER. — THE RICH AND THE POOR MAN. — THE LION’S COUNCIL OF STATE. — THE WAGGONS.
- 15.Bobrov. — ADDRESS TO THE DEITY. — MEDINA. — SHEIK-HUIABIS CREED, — THE GOLDEN PALACE. — MIDNIGHT HYMN — IZHE KHERUVIMIJ, OR SONG OF CHERUBIM. — CHILDREN’S OFFERING ON A PARENT’S BIRTH-DAY. — RULES FOR THE HEART AND THE UNDERSTANDING. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — 8. — 9. — 10. — 11. — 12. — FOOTNOTES:
- 16.Bogdanovich. — FROM THE DUSHENKA.—p. 8. — FROM THE DUSHENKA.—p. 49. — THE INEXPERIENCED SHEPHERDESS. — SONG FROM THE OLD RUSSIAN. — SONG FROM THE OLD RUSSIAN. — FOOTNOTES:
- 17.Davĭdov. — WISDOM. — FOOTNOTES:
- 18.Kostrov. — THE VOW. — HISTORY OF MAN.
- 19.Neledinsky Meletzky. — SONG. — SONG. — SONG.
- 20.NATIONAL SONGS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. [2] — V. — VI. — FOOTNOTES:
- 21.BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES. — LOMONOSOV. — DERZHAVIN. — BOGDANOVICH. — KHEMNITZER. — KOSTROV. — KARAMSIN. — ZHUKOVSKY. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Notes
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