VI + 

Latin is just now not in vogue, + 

But if the truth I must relate, + 

Onegin knew enough, the rogue + 

A mild quotation to translate, + 

A little Juvenal to spout, + 

With “vale” finish off a note; + 

Two verses he could recollect + 

Of the Aeneid, but incorrect. + 

In history he took no pleasure, + 

The dusty chronicles of earth + 

For him were but of little worth, + 

Yet still of anecdotes a treasure + 

Within his memory there lay, + 

From Romulus unto our day. + 