IX + 

My poor Vladimir! In the tomb, + 

Passed into dull eternity, + 

Was the sad poet filled with gloom, + 

Hearing the fatal perfidy? + 

Or, beyond Lethe lulled to rest, + 

Hath the bard, by indifference blest, + 

Callous to all on earth become⁠— + 

Is the world to him sealed and dumb? + 

The same unmoved oblivion + 

On us beyond the grave attends, + 

The voice of lovers, foes and friends, + 

Dies suddenly: of heirs alone + 

Remains on earth the unseemly rage, + 

Whilst struggling for the heritage. + 