Cousin, rememb'rest
Grandison?
Pushkin - Eugene Oneigin
A Kalmuck gray, in caftan rent
And spectacles, his knitting staid
And the saloon threw open wide;
The princess from the sofa cried
And the newcomers welcome bade.
The two old ladies then embraced
And exclamations interlaced.
XXXVIII
"Princesse, mon ange! "--"Pachette! "--
"Aline! "
"Who would have thought it? As of yore!
Is it for long? "--"Ma chere cousine! "
"Sit down. How funny, to be sure!
'Tis a scene of romance, I vow! "
"Tania, my eldest child, you know"--
"Ah! come, Tattiana, come to me!
Is it a dream, and can it be?
Cousin, rememb'rest Grandison? "
"What! Grandison? "--"Yes, certainly! "
"Oh! I remember, where is he? "--
"Here, he resides with Simeon.
He called upon me Christmas Eve--
His son is married, just conceive! "
XXXIX
"And he--but of him presently--
To-morrow Tania we will show,
What say you? to the family--
Alas! abroad I cannot go.
See, I can hardly crawl about--
But you must both be quite tired out!
Let us go seek a little rest--
Ah! I'm so weak--my throbbing breast!
Oppressive now is happiness,
Not only sorrow--Ah! my dear,
Now I am fit for nothing here.
