Chapter I: Part I

NURSERY & UNIVERSITY
(1812–1835)

‘_When memories of the past return
And the old road again we tread,
Slowly the passions of old days
Come back to life within the soul;
Old griefs and joys are here unchanged,
Again the once familiar thrill
Stirs echoes in the troubled heart;
And for remembered woes we sigh._’
OGARYOV: Humorous Verse.