Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian Symbolism poets as a supreme poet of thought. Wikipedia
“The mysterious power of harmony
Will expiate a heavy delusion
And tame a revolting desire.”
Sacred song heals the sick spirit
1840
From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Poetry, http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Demo/texts/thoughts_more_thoughts.html Northwestern University (2001)
Quoted in We'll Live Till Monday (1968) (Russian film)
