XXIX + 

Sound sleep, books, walking, were his bliss, + 

The murmuring brook, the woodland shade, + 

The uncontaminated kiss + 

Of a young dark-eyed country maid, + 

A fiery, yet well-broken horse, + 

A dinner, whimsical each course, + 

A bottle of a vintage white + 

And solitude and calm delight. + 

Such was Onegin’s sainted life, + 

And such unconsciously he led, + 

Nor marked how summer’s prime had fled + 

In aimless ease and far from strife, + 

The curse of commonplace delight. + 

And town and friends forgotten quite. + 