XXV + 

“But lo! forth from the valleys dun + 

With purple hand Aurora leads, + 

Swift following in her wake, the sun,” + 

And a grand festival proceeds. + 

The Làrinas were since sunrise + 

O’erwhelmed with guests; by families + 

The neighbours come, in sledge approach, + 

Britzka, kibitka, or in coach. + 

Crush and confusion in the hall, + 

Latest arrivals’ salutations, + 

Barking, young ladies’ osculations, + 

Shouts, laughter, jamming ’gainst the wall, + 

Bows and the scrape of many feet, + 

Nurses who scream and babes who bleat. + 