XIII + 

’Twas eve. ’Twas dusk. The river speeds + 

In tranquil flow. The beetle hums. + 

Already dance to song proceeds; + 

The fisher’s fire afar illumes + 

The river’s bank. Tattiana lone + 

Beneath the silver of the moon + 

Long time in meditation deep + 

Her path across the plain doth keep⁠— + 

Proceeds, until she from a hill + 

Sees where a noble mansion stood, + 

A village and beneath, a wood, + 

A garden by a shining rill. + 

She gazed thereon, and instant beat + 

Her heart more loudly and more fleet. + 