XXXVIII + 

Time flies! a genial air abroad, + 

Winter resigned her empire white, + 

Onegin ne’er as poet showed + 

Nor died nor lost his senses quite. + 

Spring cheered him up, and he resigned + 

His chambers close wherein confined + 

He marmot-like did hibernate, + 

His double sashes and his grate, + 

And sallied forth one brilliant morn⁠— + 

Along the Neva’s bank he sleighs, + 

On the blue blocks of ice the rays + 

Of the sun glisten; muddy, worn, + 

The snow upon the streets doth melt⁠— + 

Whither along them doth he pelt? + 