 Napoleon Rising Out of His Tomb, byHorace Vernet | |
| Author | Mikhail Lermontov |
|---|---|
| Original title | «Возду́шный кора́бль. Из Це́длица» |
| Language | Russian |
| Series | Napoleonic cycle Lermontov's poems |
| Genre | Romantic drama |
Publication date | 1840 |
| Publication place | Russian Empire |
«Airship. From Zedlitz» («On the blue waves of the ocean ... ») (Russian:«Возду́шный кора́бль. Из Це́длица» («По синим волнам океана…»)) is aballad from the Napoleonic cycleLermontov's poems, written and published in 1840. It is a free translation from theGerman languageAustrian romantic writings ofJoseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz, titledDas Geisterschiff ("ghost ship", 1832). The individual fragments of Russian poem were influenced by another ballad of the same Austrian author - "Night parade" (Die nächtliche Heerschau; 1827), published in Russian in 1836 in translation by Zhukovsky.[1]
The poem was illustrated byVeniamin Belkin,Ivan Bilibin, V.I. Komarov, Vladimir Konashevich (ed.),Dmitry Mitrohin, L.M. Nepomnyashchii,Leonid Pasternak,Vardges Sureniants,Paul Chmaroff and others.