Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont (1867–1942) was a Russian symbolist poet and translator, a prominent representative of the Silver Age. It was with him that Russian symbolism began. Balmont’s poems are amazingly musical, it’s not for nothing that he was called “Paganini of Russian verse.” His poetry is permeated with romance, spirituality, and beauty. It is free from conventions, love and life are glorified even in such terrible years as 1905 or 1914. The collected works of Konstantin Dmitrievich is an exquisite collection of the most significant and most beautiful works of Russian poetry, which brought him Russian and world fame. The works included in the Collected Works give the most complete picture of all facets of the work of Balmont - the wizard of words. The fourth volume of the collection includes the poem “In the Expanded Distance”, “Hymns, Songs and Plans of the Ancients”, “Spanish Folk Songs” and “Haze” .The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.