From early youth his dedication
Was to a single occupation…
The science of the tender passion.


Eugene Onegin (1833) ch. 1, st. 8 (translated by Babette Deutsch)


From early youth his dedication Was to a single occupation… The science of the tender passion.

From early youth his dedication Was to a single occupation… The science of the tender passion.

From early youth his dedication Was to a single occupation… The science of the tender passion.

From early youth his dedication Was to a single occupation… The science of the tender passion.