XXVI + 

Since Fame and Freedom he adored, + 

Incited by his stormy Muse + 

Odes Lenski also had outpoured, + 

But Olga would not such peruse. + 

When poets lachrymose recite + 

Beneath the eyes of ladies bright + 

Their own productions, some insist + 

No greater pleasure can exist + 

Just so! that modest swain is blest + 

Who reads his visionary theme + 

To the fair object of his dream, + 

A beauty languidly at rest, + 

Yes, happy⁠—though she at his side + 

By other thoughts be occupied. + 