In Annensky’s lyrics the rose is mentioned quite often (13 instances) though less often than lilac (18) и lily (17). However, I think that the relevance of the rose image in the art of Annensky in general (including tragedies, essays, etc.) surpasses that of all other flowers.

In 1904 in Saint-Petersburg was published a small collection of poems entitled “Tikhie pesni” under the pseudonym Nik. T-o. It consisted of 53 original poems and appended translations – “Parnastsy i prokliatye”. In 1906 two more sets of translations were published in the literary appendix to the “Slovo” newspaper and “Severnaia rech” almanac.
As it was revealed later, both “Tikhie pesni” and publications in “Slovo” and “Severnaia rech” belonged to Innokentii Fedorovich Annenskii, director of the Nicholas gymnasium in Tsarskoe Selo.