XLI + 

To consanguineous dinners they + 

Conduct Tattiana constantly, + 

That grandmothers and grandsires may + 

Contemplate her sad reverie. + 

We Russians, friends from distant parts + 

Ever receive with kindly hearts + 

And exclamations and good cheer. + 

“How Tania grows! Doth it appear + 

Long since I held thee at the font⁠— + 

Since in these arms I thee did bear⁠— + 

And since I pulled thee by the ear⁠— + 

And I to give thee cakes was wont?”⁠— + 

Then the old dames in chorus sing, + 

“Oh! how our years are vanishing!” + 