Smoothing out forehead wrinkles I do try in self-coercion
(The spectator must not ever think it conspiratorial),
I admit the only reason for the desperate exertion
Is that relatives may choose it for my grave memorial…*
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* The author draws the reader's attention to the letter "п" after the
title, the only one left from the words "Подражание ..." lost in the publication process.