XIII + 

But Lenski, having no desire + 

Vows matrimonial to break, + 

With our Onegin doth aspire + 

Acquaintance instantly to make. + 

They met. Earth, water, prose and verse, + 

Or ice and flame, are not diverse + 

If they were similar in aught. + 

At first such contradictions wrought + 

Mutual repulsion and ennui, + 

But grown familiar side by side + 

On horseback every day they ride⁠— + 

Inseparable soon they be. + 

Thus oft⁠—this I myself confess⁠— + 

Men become friends from idleness. + 