Eugene throws wide the door, revealing To monstrous looks and hellish squealing Her slender form; fierce cackles sound In savage glee; all eyes turn round, All hooves and trunks—grotesque and curving, And whiskers, tusks, and tufted tails, Red bloody tongues and snouts and nails, Huge horns and bony fingers swerving— All point at her and all combine To shout as one: ‘She’s mine! She’s mine!’ 20 ‘She’s mine!’ announced Eugene, commanding; And all the monsters fled the room; The maid alone was left there standing With him amid the frosty gloom. Onegin stares at her intently, Then draws her to a
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