Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

CHAPTER TWO
Chapter Two
I

The country place where Eugene moped was a charming nook; a friend of innocent delights 4 might have blessed heaven there. The manor house, secluded, screened from the winds by a hill, stood above a river $ in the distance, 8 before it, freaked and flowered, lay meadows and golden grainfields; one could glimpse hamlets here and there 5 herds roamed the meadows; 12 and its dense coverts spread a huge neglected garden, the retreat of pensive dryads.