Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXIII

Amidst obedient admirers, other odd females I have seen, conceitedly indifferent 4 to sighs impassioned and to praise. But what, to my amazement, did I find? While, by austere demeanor, they frightened timid love, 8 they had the knack of winning it again, at least by their condolence; at least the sound of spoken words sometimes would seem more tender, 12, and with credulous blindness again the youthful lover pursued sweet vanity.