ðə swˈiːt wʌzɐ mjˈuːzɪkəl dᵻpˈɪkʃən ʌv fˈoːɹ pˈoʊᵻmz ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪnðə sˈʌmɚɹ ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː æt ðə lˈaɪsɪkˌɑːf ᵻstˈeɪt ɪn lˈɛbɛdən, kˈɑːɹkɑːv.
The suite was a musical depiction of four poems written in the summer of 1893 at the Lysikof estate in Lebeden, Kharkov.