XXXI + 

The limits of enlightenment + 

When to enlarge we shall succeed, + 

In course of time (the whole extent + 

Will not five centuries exceed + 

By computation) it is like + 

Our roads transformed the eye will strike; + 

Highways all Russia will unite + 

And form a network left and right; + 

On iron bridges we shall gaze + 

Which o’er the waters boldly leap, + 

Mountains we’ll level and through deep + 

Streams excavate subaqueous ways, + 

And Christian folk will, I expect, + 

An inn at every stage erect. + 