XLII + 

Absorbed in melancholy mood + 

And o’er the granite coping bent, + 

Onegin meditative stood, + 

E’en as the poet says he leant. + 

’Tis silent all! Alone the cries + 

Of the night sentinels arise + 

And from the Millionaya afar + 

The sudden rattling of a car. + 

Lo! on the sleeping river borne, + 

A boat with splashing oar floats by, + 

And now we hear delightedly + 

A jolly song and distant horn; + 

But sweeter in a midnight dream + 

Torquato Tasso’s strains I deem. + 