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 So still we glide down to the sea
 Of fathomless eternity.  
 So still we glide down to the sea
 Of fathomless eternity. 
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
 But in the glances of his eye
 A penetrating keen and sly
  Expression found its home.  
 But in the glances of his eye
 A penetrating keen and sly
  Expression found its home. 
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
 So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live 
with you.  
 So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live 
with you. 
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.