L + 

But ye to whom, when friendship heard, + 

The first-fruits of my tale I read, + 

As Saadi anciently averred⁠— + 

Some are afar and some are dead. + 

Without them Eugene is complete; + 

And thou, from whom Tattiana sweet; + 

Was drawn, ideal of my lay⁠— + 

Ah! what hath fate not torn away! + 

Happy who quit life’s banquet seat + 

Before the dregs they shall divine + 

Of the cup brimming o’er with wine⁠— + 

Who the romance do not complete, + 

But who abandon it⁠—as I + 

Have my Onegin⁠—suddenly. + 