V + 

We all of us of education + 

A something somehow have obtained, + 

Thus, praised be God! a reputation + 

With us is easily attained. + 

Onegin was⁠—so many deemed + 

[Unerring critics self-esteemed], + 

Pedantic although scholar like, + 

In truth he had the happy trick + 

Without constraint in conversation + 

Of touching lightly every theme. + 

Silent, oracular ye’d see him + 

Amid a serious disputation, + 

Then suddenly discharge a joke + 

The ladies’ laughter to provoke. + 