VI + 

Of course Tattiana was annoyed + 

By such allusions scandalous, + 

Yet was her inmost soul o’erjoyed + 

With satisfaction marvellous, + 

As in her heart the thought sank home, + 

I am in love, my hour hath come! + 

Thus in the earth the seed expands + 

Obedient to warm Spring’s commands. + 

Long time her young imagination + 

By indolence and languor fired + 

The fated nutriment desired; + 

And long internal agitation + 

Had filled her youthful breast with gloom, + 

She waited for⁠—I don’t know whom! + 