Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XLVI

He who has lived and thought cannot help in his soul despising men5 him who has felt disturbs 4 the ghost of irrecoverable days $ for him there are no more enchantments 5 him does the snake of memories, him does repentance gnaw. 8 All this often imparts great charm to conversation. At first, Onegin's language would disconcert me; but I grew 12 accustomed to his biting argument and banter blent halfwise with bile and virulence of somber epigrams.