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