From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: Three regular four-line stanzas, rhyming alternately.
Translated from Lermontoff.
It first appeared in Dumas' journal "Le Caucase," No. for May 4th, 1859, Chapter XXXIX.
It is now included in the "Impressions de Voyage : Le Caucase," Chapter XL, M. Glinel owned the autograph MS of this piece of verse, purchased from the firm of Voisin on the 15th of December, 1887.
