Строфа 14

Но дружбы нет и той меж нами.
There was no friendship quite among us.

Все предрассудки истребя,
All prejudices bloting out,

Мы почитаем всех нулями,
We estimated all like zeros,

А единицами — себя.
Like units just yourself who’s up.

Мы все глядим в Наполеоны;
We all did want to be Napoleons;

Двуногих тварей миллионы
Two-legged beings who were many millions

Для нас орудие одно;
For us as an obedient gun;

Нам чувство дико и смешно.
A sense for us was only fun.

Сноснее многих был Евгений;
Friend Eugene was more broad than others;

Хоть он людей, конечно, знал
Though people he of course did know

И вообще их презирал, -
And most of them he did ignore, -

Но (правил нет без исключений)
But (rules without breach were rather)

Иных он очень отличал
Some persons he did single out

И вчуже чувство уважал.
And their senses took in fact.


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