Morality taught scarce at all;
Gently for pranks he would reprove
And in the Summer Garden rove.
[Note 3: In Russia foreign tutors and governesses are commonly styled "monsieur" or "madame."]
IV
When youth's rebellious hour drew near
And my Eugène the path must trace—
The path of hope and tender fear—
Monsieur clean out of doors they chase.
Lo! my Onegin free as air,