XVIII + 

Alas! Tattiana fades away, + 

Grows pale and sinks, but nothing says; + 

Listless is she the livelong day + 

Nor interest in aught betrays. + 

Shaking with serious air the head, + 

In whispers low the neighbours said: + 

’Tis time she to the altar went! + 

But enough! Now, ’tis my intent + 

The imagination to enliven + 

With love which happiness extends; + 

Against my inclination, friends, + 

By sympathy I have been driven. + 

Forgive me! Such the love I bear + 

My heroine, Tattiana dear. + 