XVII + 

But from the interview what flowed? + 

Alas! It is not hard to guess. + 

The insensate fire of love still glowed + 

Nor discontinued to distress + 

A spirit which for sorrow yearned. + 

Tattiana more than ever burned + 

With hopeless passion: from her bed + 

Sweet slumber winged its way and fled. + 

Her health, life’s sweetness and its bloom, + 

Her smile and maidenly repose, + 

All vanished as an echo goes. + 

Across her youth a shade had come, + 

As when the tempest’s veil is drawn + 

Across the smiling face of dawn. + 