XVIII + 

Long in this fashionable cell + 

Tattiana as enchanted stood; + 

But it grew late; cold blew the gale; + 

Dark was the valley and the wood + 

Slept o’er the river misty grown. + 

Behind the mountain sank the moon. + 

Long, long the hour had past when home + 

Our youthful wanderer should roam. + 

She hid the trouble of her breast, + 

Heaved an involuntary sigh + 

And turned to leave immediately, + 

But first permission did request + 

Thither in future to proceed + 

That certain volumes she might read. + 