XLI + 

The whirlwind of the waltz sweeps by, + 

Undeviating and insane + 

As giddy youth’s hilarity⁠— + 

Pair after pair the race sustain. + 

The moment for revenge, meanwhile, + 

Espying, Eugene with a smile + 

Approaches Olga and the pair + 

Amid the company career. + 

Soon the maid on a chair he seats, + 

Begins to talk of this and that, + 

But when two minutes she had sat, + 

Again the giddy waltz repeats. + 

All are amazed; but Lenski he + 

Scarce credits what his eyes can see. + 