Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

II

And with a smile the world received her5 the first success provided us with wings 5 the aged Derzhavin noticed us-and blessed us as he descended to the grave. ill And I, setting myself for law only the arbitrary will of passions, sharing emotions with the crowd, I led my frisky Muse into the hubbub of feasts and turbulent discussionsthe terror of midnight patrols 5 and to them, in mad feasts, she brought her gifts, and like a little bacchante frisked, over the bowl sang for the guests$ and the young people of past days would turbulently dangle after her 5 and I was proud 'mong friends of my volatile mistress.