Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXVII

But my Onegin the whole evening heeds only Tatiana: not the shy little maiden, 4 enamored, poor and simple- but the indifferent princess, the inaccessible goddess of the luxurious, queenly Neva. 8 ? humans! All of you resemble ancestress Eve: what's given to you does not lure, incessantly the serpent calls you 12 to him, to the mysterious tree: you must have the forbidden fruit supplied to you, for paradise without that is no paradise to you.