XXXV + 

They in a peaceful life preserved + 

Customs by ages sanctified, + 

Strictly the Carnival observed, + 

Ate Russian pancakes at Shrovetide, + 

Twice in the year to fast were bound, + 

Of whirligigs were very fond, + 

Of Christmas carols, song and dance; + 

When people with long countenance + 

On Trinity Sunday yawned at prayer, + 

Three tears they dropt with humble mien + 

Upon a bunch of lovage green; + 

Kvass needful was to them as air; + 

On guests their servants used to wait + 

By rank as settled by the State. + 