On the wings of songs
Lesja Ukrainka
The first collection of rhymes by Lesja Ukrainka "On the wings of songs" was published in Lviv in early 1893. In the publication directly participated Ivan Franko. Lesja Ukrainka sent to him parts of the collection manuscript, he took care of compiling the book in the printing house of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. The part of typographical manuscript preserved in the library of Society.
The collection consists of rhymes, written in 1880th, and early poems, "Samson" (1888), "Lunar legend" (1891 – 92), "The Mermaid" (1885).
Table of content
Seven strings
Do (Gimn. Grave)
Re (Song. Brioso)
Mi (Lullaby. Arpeggio)
Fa (Sonnet)
[First version]
Sol (Rondeau)
La (Nocturno)
Si (Settina)
Starry sky
"The stars, the eyes of the spring night!"
"I have a single star…"
"My dear star drop into the heart of me…"
"I am an experienced sadness, in trouble…"
"In heaven moon rised sad…"
Lily of the valley
Early spring
Contra spem spero!
"When I get tired with daily life…"
My way
Prisoner
Singer
Broken glass
Pine
"If grief comes…"
Sappho
To my piano
Fires heralding dawn
In the flower shop
Hope
Tears-Pearls
"Dear land! my beloved country! "
"Ukraine! crying with tears over you… "
"All our tears will fall with ardent longing…"
Sleep
Midsummer Night's Dream
Sonnet
On the anniversary of Shevchenko
"Everywhere mourning and lamentation, and weeping…"
To the nature
Evenings
Visitation
In ancient motif
Song
In a way
Last Song of Mary Stuart
Journey to the sea
"Farewell, Volyn…"
"Next, all on!"
"Beauty of Ukraine, Podollya!"
"Sun arose, awakened clear…"
"Great city. High buildings… "
"Further, further from the stuffy city!"
"Oh the sun high in the bright sky was…"
"Already the sun in the sea set…"
"The end of travel…"
Crimean memories
Introductory song
1. Silence of the sea
2. Play my song!..
3. Sleepless night
4. In the boat
5. Storm
6. Merdven
7. Baydary
8. Tatar girl
9. Bakhchisarai
10. Bakhchisarai palace
11. Bakhchisarai tomb
12. Nadson's home in Yalta
In the children's circle
"The green hillock…"
"Glorious summer passed…"
"Mom, winter is coming…"
"Rejoice, my child, yet little…"
Spring song
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