Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXIX

Here you are sure to find two hearts, a torch, and flowerets 5 here you will read no doubt 4 love's vows "Unto the tomb slab" 5 some military poetaster here has dashed off a roguish rhyme.

In such an album, to be frank, my friends, 8 I too am glad to write, at heart being convinced that any zealous trash of mine will merit an indulgent glance 12 and that thereafter, with a wicked smile, one will not solemnly examine if I could babble wittily or not.

Eugene Onegin