XXIV + 

The dream left terror in its train. + 

Not knowing its interpretation, + 

Tania the meaning would obtain + 

Of such a dread hallucination. + 

Tattiana to the index flies + 

And alphabetically tries + 

The words bear, bridge, fir, darkness, bog, + 

Raven, snowstorm, tempest, fog, + 

Et cetera; but nothing showed + 

Her Martin Zadeka in aid, + 

Though the foul vision promise made + 

Of a most mournful episode, + 

And many a day thereafter laid + 

A load of care upon the maid. + 