XXVIII + 

“Advance!”⁠— + 

Indifferent and sedate, + 

The foes, as yet not taking aim, + 

With measured step and even gait + 

Athwart the snow four paces came⁠— + 

Four deadly paces do they span; + 

Onegin slowly then began + 

To raise his pistol to his eye, + 

Though he advanced unceasingly. + 

And lo! five paces more they pass, + 

And Lenski, closing his left eye, + 

Took aim⁠—but as immediately + 

Onegin fired⁠—Alas! alas! + 

The poet’s hour hath sounded⁠—See! + 

He drops his pistol silently. + 