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He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
 The wealth of rich feelings--the deep--the pure;
 With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure.  
 The wealth of rich feelings--the deep--the pure;
 With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure. 
 The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of 
mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of read more 
 The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of 
mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea. 
 Thought is deeper than all speech,
 Feeling deeper than all thought;
  Souls to souls can never teach
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 Thought is deeper than all speech,
 Feeling deeper than all thought;
  Souls to souls can never teach
   What unto themselves was taught. 
 But, spite of all the criticising elves,
 Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.  
 But, spite of all the criticising elves,
 Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. 
 Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the 
surface
 Is as the tossing buoy, read more 
 Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the 
surface
 Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden. 
 Some feelings are to mortals given,
 With less of earth in them than heaven.  
 Some feelings are to mortals given,
 With less of earth in them than heaven. 
 Sensations sweet,
 Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.  
 Sensations sweet,
 Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.