Poems

Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont (1867–1942) — a famous Russian symbolist poet, translator from many languages, one of the first and most vivid expressers of decadence and a prominent representative of Russian poetry of the Silver Age. Y. Aikhenwald noted the special strength of his poems, "which are captivating in the musical flexibility of their meters and the richness of their psychological range." This edition presents the best poetic collections and individual poems written by the poet throughout his life.