XVI + 

“Departed Lenski here to dine + 

In winter time would often come. + 

Please follow this way, lady mine, + 

This is my master’s sitting-room. + 

’Tis here he slept, his coffee took, + 

Into accounts would sometimes look, + 

A book at early morn perused. + 

The room my former master used. + 

On Sundays by yon window he, + 

Spectacles upon nose, all day + 

Was wont with me at cards to play. + 

God save his soul eternally + 

And grant his weary bones their rest + 

Deep in our mother Earth’s chill breast!” + 