XXVII + 

Alas! life’s hours which swiftly fly + 

I’ve wasted in amusements vain, + 

But were it not immoral I + 

Should dearly like a dance again. + 

I love its furious delight, + 

The crowd and merriment and light, + 

The ladies, their fantastic dress, + 

Also their feet⁠—yet ne’ertheless + 

Scarcely in Russia can ye find + 

Three pairs of handsome female feet; + 

Ah! I still struggle to forget + 

A pair; though desolate my mind, + 

Their memory lingers still and seems + 

To agitate me in my dreams. + 